After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...
Since then, over 6,000 confirmed exoplanets —or planets orbiting other stars—have been found, leading astronomers to conclude ...
The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...
Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks ...
What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is ...
Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...
New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...
A radio signal has been detected, pointing to the possible existence of a magnetic field on YZ Ceti b, an exoplanet 12 ...
A Russian spaceflyer was pulled from SpaceX's next astronaut mission for violating U.S. national security regulations, ...
Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks ...
Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...
Westlake University held the founding ceremony for its Department of Astronomy at Yungu Campus on Oct. 18, marking the establishment of the first astronomy department at a new type of research ...