Since its launch in 2013, Gaia has been dedicated to creating an accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way. Using two high-precision optical telescopes, the spacecraft carefully records the ...

Humanity’s greatest journey might not be to Mars, but to an entirely new solar system. Proxima Centauri b, an exoplanet in ...

So long as the weather cooperates, Saturn, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the moon will be visible Sunday evening during an open house at the Indiana University Kokomo Observatory. The open house begins at ...

If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology comparable to ours, would they be able to detect Earth?

Abundance of Earth-like Exoplanets The universe has no shortage of similarities to Earth when it comes to celestial ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates ...

(Credit: ESO/L. Calçada) Prepare to be blown away: Astronomers have recorded the most powerful planetary wind thus far — a force that pummels a giant exoplanet with gales faster than the speed of ...

This discovery marks the fastest jetstream ever measured on any known planet and sheds new light on the complex and extreme weather patterns of exoplanets beyond our Solar System. WASP-127b has ...

Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star. The system is more than 500 light-years away, and observations suggest that it has dramatic weather and a ...

Data collected in this process called for careful analysis, according to researcher Kazumasa Ohno, opening up new knowledge on the exoplanet atmosphere. Super-Venus GJ 1214 b offers new insights ...

Supersonic winds on this exoplanet, designated WASP-127b, travel at a mind-bending 5.5 miles per second (9 kilometers per second). The speed of sound on Earth is roughly 0.21 miles per second (0. ...

This indicates that there is a powerful wind current going around the planet. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant ...