The heart of a far-off star beats for its planet
Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.
Scientists observe first planet-induced stellar pulsations.
Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.
MIT scientists and alumni well represented on newly announced NASA asteroid missions Psyche and Lucy.
Data from New Horizons mission suggest a water-ice ocean lies beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin.
Scientists reconstruct first hours after a giant impact created one of the largest craters on the moon.
Instrument will help OSIRIS-REx mission identify locations for collecting an asteroid sample.
Two potentially habitable planets in nearby system are confirmed to be rocky.
Professor Richard Binzel, NASA New Horizons scientist, describes a year of discovery since the spacecraft's historic 2015 Pluto encounter.
Experiments show planet cooled dramatically in half a billion years.
Findings suggest two dining styles for black holes.
Beginning 2.33 billion years ago, atmospheric oxygen built up in just 10 million years.
Just 40 light years from Earth, planets are best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life.
Exoplanet lacks atmosphere, is covered in rivers of magma.
Ice flows and water ice mountains spied by NASA spacecraft support the idea that an interior ocean may be driving geologic activity on Pluto.
Spacecraft’s close-up images reveal a complex, frozen world.