Discovered in 2011 by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, TrEs-2b absorbs 99% of the light it is struck with and reflects only 1%, ...

In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Earth exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars, identifying specific candidates that may have retained detectable atmospheres.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

Carl Sagan once said, “Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.” These words ...

The year 2025 marked significant advancements in exoplanet science, revealing new discoveries and fresh perspectives on known ...

The 26-foot-tall (8-meter-tall) cargo lander is expected to embark on its first flight during the first quarter of 2026, ...

The potential for sending payloads and people to Mars is therefore becoming plausible in a way that it never has before. Mars ...

In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth ...

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...