"The inner galaxy is the most metal-rich ... depletes a great fraction of the ozone in a planet's atmosphere." [Supernova Photos: Great Images of Star Explosions] The team discovered that at ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — From the oldest light in the universe to planets ... down all the photos. COSMIC CLIFFS: The Carina Nebula is the birthplace for thousands of stars in our galaxy.

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...

On planet Earth, we sit at the edge of the ... sent a camera outside the solar system, how do we have pictures of the Milky Way Galaxy? Viewing the spiral arms We can see part of the Milky Way ...

Today, astronomers are studying other stars in our galaxy that host planets, including some star systems like our own that have multiple planetary companions. Based on the thousands of known ...

All life on Earth needs water to survive, so when scientists look for signs of life throughout the galaxy, planets with water are always at the top of their list. It was a surprise to see evidence ...

This revelation could shed light on the evolution of planets and the origin of prevalent sub-Neptunes in our galaxy. The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Planets without a star, known as rogue planets, may vastly outnumber star-orbiting worlds in the Milky Way, according to a pair of studies set to be published in The Astronomical Journal.

Samsung Galaxy Watch users will now be able to tell the time of not just Earth but all the planets in the solar system.Samsung has partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a new ...

Billions of planets orbit these common dwarf stars in our galaxy. To capture enough warmth to be habitable, these planets would need to huddle very close to their small stars, which leaves them ...