World's biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universe

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...
Science Daily

NASA's Hubble celebrates decade of tracking outer planets

A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in order to understand ...
SpaceNews

Mystery solved: How the orbits of extrasolar planets became so eccentric

EVANSTON, Ill. — Except for the fact that we call it home, for centuries astronomers didn’t have any particular reason to believe that our solar system was anything special in the universe. But, ...
New Scientist

General relativity might save some planets from death

Planets orbiting dead stars known as white dwarfs might be able to remain habitable thanks to general relativity subtly altering their motion. When stars like our sun run out of fuel, they expand and ...