We all know space is cold, but some places are so extreme they make even Antarctica look comfortable. Scientists have discovered pockets of the universe that reach temperatures close to the absolute ...

As we delve into the mysteries of the cosmos, one question that often arises is: where is the darkest place in the solar system? And extending that curiosity further, where is the darkest place in the ...

It’s easy to guess where the hottest place in the universe might be—the core of a giant star, maybe, or a disk of gas heated to millions of degrees as it tries to cram its way into a super-massive ...

In this illustration, WD 1856 b, a potential Jupiter-size planet, orbits its much smaller host star, a dim white dwarf. NASA, GSFC The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated an exoplanet that’s ...

Even the frigid depths of space are toasty by the standards of NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), an instrument being developed to study matter at extremely low temperatures. Share on Facebook (opens ...

To find temperatures 270 times colder than deep space, look no further than Golden, Colorado. Researchers with Maybell Quantum have developed a new type of dilution refrigerator in collaboration with ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected the first planet seen orbiting a dead star, offering new insights into how planets evolve during the final stages of a star's life ...