In a first, astronomers detect strong winds on an exoplanet
Researchers see tempestuous atmosphere on a planet located 150 light years from Earth.
Researchers see tempestuous atmosphere on a planet located 150 light years from Earth.
MIT astronomer leads the first team to study a Kuiper Belt object during a stellar occultation.
First detailed analysis of the atmosphere of a Neptune-sized planet reveals surprisingly low methane levels, presents "new territory" for researching planets outside our solar system
Time-lapse movie shows that massive stars — which may hold clues about the origins of life — form like their smaller siblings.
An exoplanet with an extremely tilted orbit raises new interest in stellar astronomy.
MIT physicists are working on new detectors that may, at last, help them find the elusive particles thought to constitute up to a quarter of the universe.
New observations solve longstanding mystery of tipped rotation. In addition to shedding light on how binary stars form, the explanation knocks down a possible challenge to Einstein's theory of relativity.