Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet observed by the groundbreaking James Webb Telescope. The IAU is ...

Some towns in the United States are famous for their quirky names: Santa Claus, Indiana; Okay, Oklahoma; George, Washington; and Sandwich, Illinois, come to mind. Then there’s Earth, Texas, which got ...

Artist's impression of the newly named exoplanet Isagel (right) that orbits the star Aniara (HD 102956) in the Big Dipper 399 light years from Earth. The planet is about as massive as Jupiter and ...