After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to ...

W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more ...

WISPIT 2b was first detected using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Spectro-Polarimetric ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency's ...

What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune's compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

Astronomers have now confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars, marking a significant milestone in humanity’s ...

Humans are finally building the technology that could tell us where to look, when to look, and what signs to watch for. What ...

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...