The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the largest and most unusual protoplanetary disk ever ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

Using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), an international research team including Western's Stanimir Metchev has discovered new answers to explain how some brown dwarfs form giant dust ...

With about 4,000 planet candidates from the Kepler Space Telescope data to analyze so far, astronomers are busy trying to figure out questions about habitability. What size planet could host life? How ...

ROME (Reuters) -A framework agreement between Italy's Leonardo and France's Thales and Airbus for a new European space giant will require some weeks, a source with knowledge of the matter said on ...

Orbiting mirrors that can redirect sunlight have moved from science fiction concept to active business plan, promising brighter nights, more solar power and even new tools to fight climate change. The ...

ROME - Europe's three big space operators have announced a merger of their space businesses to take on competitors like Elon Musk's Starlink. Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will pool their space efforts ...