Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

A team of researchers has confirmed stars ring loud and clear in a "key" that will harmonize well with the science goals and ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed the first-ever reflectance spectra — essentially a color-coded key — of the ...

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

In the search for extraterrestrial life, the presence of water is a key signature of possible habitability. Identifying why ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket aced its first-ever landing last week — and even managed to stay pretty, despite the ordeal.

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

Tom Kerss, an astronomer and chief aurora chaser for Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten, reveals why we are so captivated by ...

Where will we first find life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...

A team of researchers has demonstrated a new way in which sub-Neptune-sized exoplanets could produce a great deal of water.

A superconducting kinetic inductance detector improves sensitivity limits needed for observing cold astrophysical objects, ...