In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big ...

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

WPTV teamed up with the Chasin A Dream Foundation to gift brain cancer survivor Jaime Kippenberger two tickets to see Taylor ...

"This is the most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar astrophysics in decades," an astrophysicist said.

The first "failed star" was discovered in 1995, but it was far too dim. The explanation is now astonishingly simple – and ...

In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute’s Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting Gliese 229 – a red dwarf star located about 19 light-years from Earth.

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have ...

Astronomers resolve longstanding mystery of Gliese 229B's dimness, despite its considerable mass. A Caltech-led team ...

A Caltech-led international team of astronomers has figureed out that a famouse brown dwarf is actually a pair of tight-knit ...

It will take Europa Clipper 5½ years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around the giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys.

Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa, to determine if it harbors conditions suitable to support life. NASA's Europa ...

A massive NASA mission to explore if one of Jupiter’s moons could support life launched Monday morning from Florida.