The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

Many planets featured in Star Trek TNG share traits that scientists now look for when identifying exoplanets: rocky terrain, ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

The Sights of Space is a visual journey through imagined exoplanets blending scientific data and artistic vision to explore what distant worlds might feel like if we could visit them.

Aliens might be transmitting communications signals to each other across exoplanets, some astronomers think. Since these ...

NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, preparing for final testing and launch by May 2027 to ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a deeper look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, ...

Using direct imaging, astronomers have found a brown dwarf that could help test technology for taking snapshots of Earthlike ...

NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, moving the mission into critical testing before its ...

New Ph.D. Shaan Patel reflects on the research, mentors and discoveries that shaped his astrophysics path at UTA ...