Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them.

An international collaboration including U-M researchers have used JWST to provide an unprecedented window into the formation of planets around young ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

These are known as hypervelocity stars, with some moving faster than the escape velocity of the Milky Way of around 600 ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.