Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has stated his support for President Trump to take action to ...

Astronomers have spotted a molten alien planet orbiting a star in our neighbourhood of the Milky Way galaxy that has a surface not unlike a vision of hell. The planet, named L 98-59 d, is covered with ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate a new type of planet. This molten lava world beyond the solar system likely smells like rotten eggs, and suggests that there ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Climate scientists say many of the effects of climate change are happening faster than they predicted, the latest on the war in Iran and more news. By David Gelles I started covering climate change ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have identified a potential new type of planet that has a sulphurous atmosphere and magma oceans ...

AI-driven tools are accelerating creative building in sandbox games like Roblox and inspiring new workflows for players and developers. From Roblox's agentic AI that can turn a single prompt into a ...

Astronomers may have demoted Pluto from full-fledged planet to dwarf status, but evidence suggests the solar system may still host a mysterious ninth planet — far beyond Neptune, cloaked in shadow and ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and make contact. Propelled to a fifth the speed of light by a laser beam more ...