A ‘selfie’ taken during Webb’s testing on Earth. Ball Aerospace After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the ...

New research suggests that the telescope could be poised to detect an Earth-sized planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

Building on that legacy, Lowell Observatory played a key role in the world’s first Planetary Defense mission in 2022, DART ...

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

To fix the problem, former University of Sydney Ph.D. students Max Charles and Louis Desdoigts developed a neural network, a ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

As the nights grow longer across the Northern Hemisphere, November offers a dynamic stage for planet watchers. From elusive ...

If you are thinking of buying a telescope for yourself, a family member or a friend for Christmas then here are some points ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...