A newly discovered possible exoplanet some 1,500 light years away is being shredded by the intense heat of its parent star.

New research shows that other sun-like stars in the universe can send off flares much larger than those seen on our sun.

More than a 150 years ago, before Neptune was ever sighted in the night sky, French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier predicted the planet's existence based on small deviations in the motion of Uranus.

NASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Kepler, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the U.S. portion of the European Space Agency's Planck mission -- as a result of the 2012 Senior Review of Astrophysics Missions.

BOULDER, Colo., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Kepler Mission for NASA will continue its mission following a program extension through 2016.