Just 33 light years from Earth, the system appears to host two rocky, Earth-sized planets.

The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.

Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers flag three that are actually stars.

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years.

Catalog of planet candidates nearly doubles in size during 2020-21.

A levitating vehicle might someday explore the moon, asteroids, and other airless planetary surfaces.

The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.

A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.

With thousands of satellites, each network could beam down tens of terabits per second, filling gaps left by land-based services.