At first glance, the Butterfly Nebula looks like a glowing insect pinned against the backdrop of space. Officially known as ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

Most cosmic dust exhibits random atomic structures, and appears like soot. Thanks to NGC 6302’s extreme stellar energy, the ...

At the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Meredith Rawls makes sure reflected sunlight doesn’t ruin astronomical observations by the ...

Steam worlds like GJ 9827 d aren't hospitable to the kind of life that would be found on Earth. This is because they tend to ...

Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the ...

When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in October 2026, it won't just be peering into the distant universe to ...

Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a new model to better understand “steam worlds,” or water-rich sub-Neptunes – ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are helping to lead planning efforts for NASA’s next major space telescope ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare quadruple star system with two red dwarfs and two brown dwarfs orbiting together.