NASA is celebrating the holiday season with photographs of the remnants of a supernova star captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The star, named Cassiopeia A (Cas A), shines brightly from ...

A distant star which lit up skies on Earth with a famous explosion in the 19th century is sending cosmic rays towards our planet, a NASA study has found. Data NASA’s NuSTAR space telescope suggests ...

19:03, Wed, Nov 27, 2024 Updated: 19:05, Wed, Nov 27, 2024 A rare ‘neptune-sized’ planet has been discovered orbiting scorchingly close to its host star - only the fourth planet of its kind found.

NASA is always on the lookout for new planets. Scientists at the US space agency and other institutions across the globe hope to find habitable exoplanets that host life or could support us in the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

NASA and an international team including British scientists have discovered a "promising" solar system which contains a potentially habitable planet where humans could live. The star, named GJ 357, ...