The exoplanet GJ 367b orbits its star in an extremely short time. Only 8 hours, then a year has passed on this planet. We don't know anything like this from our solar system: Mercury is the fastest ...

TESS the planet hunter is getting ready to launch next month. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is NASA's next mission in the search for exoplanets, or planets that are outside our solar ...

A 300-million-year-old planetdiscovered in 2014 has a temperature that can reach a scorching 4,315 C during the day, just 926 C cooler than our sun, astronomers have found. The young planet, KELT-9b, ...

Our sun is roughly halfway through its life cycle, but what happens when it begins to die? A recent study published in Eos ...

In the wake of last week’s exciting total lunar eclipse (when is the next one?) the night sky has been dark and increasingly moonless. With the Moon now at Last Quarter the first few days of this week ...

Home to magnetic tornadoes and 800-degree temperatures, Mercury is visible at dusk through mid-month. The Full Pink Moon also joins the scene on April 5. Mercury shows phases like the moon because it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. It’s been almost 32 years since the Space Shuttle Discovery ...