Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star ...

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In new research, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how more than 200 known exoplanets are likely ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

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The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

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Gavin Wang, a rising senior studying physics and mathematics, has been named a 2025 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut ...

The double star system is called HD 135344 AB and it's about 440 light-years away from Earth. A and B are both young stars, ...