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

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

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.

An international team of astronomers has figured out that a famous brown dwarf is actually a pair of tight-knit brown dwarfs, weighing about 38 and 34 times the mass of Jupiter, that whip around each ...

Astronomers report the detection of a second exoplanet orbiting a G-type star known as TIC 393818343, located some 300 light ...

The first and most famous "failed star" discovered by humanity isn't one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B ...

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

It’s the ultimate game of find a needle in the haystack. One NASA scientist is betting on AI to help expedite the search ...

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.