New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than ...

Why is it so rare to find exoplanets orbiting two stars, also called circumbinary planets (CBPs)? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team ...

Solar emissions exert 'drag' on space junk orbiting Earth. From historical measurements across a period of 36 years, ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be the most powerful explosions in the entire universe, but they can sometimes go completely unnoticed. Despite being able to release as much energy in seconds as the Sun ...

The sun has certainly woken up! It has fired off not one but two powerful X2.5 solar flares within just 7 hours.

Artemis II's astronauts are about to take off for a record-breaking flight around the moon, giving NASA a rare opportunity to study how deep spaceflight affects the human body. After leaving Earth's ...

Last month, Earth was treated to a massive aurora borealis that reached as far south as Texas. The event was attributed to a solar storm that lasted nearly a full day and will likely contend for the ...