Ever get the feeling you don’t entirely belong here — like Earth is a beautiful place to visit, but not quite “home”? You’re not alone. A growing number of people report feeling strangely nostalgic ...

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Death Echoes Overlapping” by Megan Chee. Enjoy!

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled ...

Planets may begin forming much earlier than scientists once believed during the final stages of a star s birth, not afterward. This bold new model, backed by simulations from researchers at SwRI, ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

WASP-121 b is split between extremes. One side faces its star nonstop and burns at about 2,770 Kelvin. The other stays in darkness and cools to roughly 1,000 Kelvin. Now astronomers have found that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may want to make some time this weekend to get outside and look up at the sky. Georgians may be able to see the alignment of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's rendition of the sun-like star YSES-1 in the center, in this handout image obtained by Reuters By Will Dunham ...