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Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

The "Star Trek" legend's only son will discuss his memoir at the annual space-themed event.

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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.