NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest Sun-like star to Earth. Located just 4 light-years away, this possible ...

In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is another possible candidate—planets circling white dwarfs, the hot, dense remnants ...

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple system closest to our own sun. At just 4 light-years away from Earth, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This artist’s concept shows what the gas giant orbiting ...

The host star, TOI-6894, is a red dwarf with only 20% the mass of the Sun, typical of the most common stars in our galaxy. Until now, such low-mass stars were not thought capable of forming or ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how ...

At least four exoplanets have been confirmed orbiting Barnard's Star, a red dwarf approximately six light-years from the Sun, using the radial velocity method. The radial velocity method, employing ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine.

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The Sun makes Earth habitable, governs its climate and drives a variety of natural phenomena through its variable magnetism. Indeed, all planets in and outside the Solar System exist under the ...