The two telescopes operate synchronously: Izaña-2 fires laser pulses at a piece of space debris high overhead, and Izaña-1 ...

"We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." To resolve nearby Earth-like ...

To resolve nearby Earth-like exoplanets, a new telescope design that is rectangular rather than circular may be necessary, according to a new study that explores what the next great space telescope ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to facilitate chemical reactions. While single-celled life has existed almost as ...

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A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news when it was confirmed to be the 3rd-ever object observed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. Though the object poses no threat to Earth, astronomers ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. The discovery, announced by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute ...

A telescopic view of Pegasus unveils a cosmic scene where Milky Way stars sparkle amidst faint dust clouds. The image captures galactic cirrus, including the diffuse cloud MBM 54, illuminated by ...

If we’ll ever find life outside our solar system, it will not be an instant discovery. Save for the slim possibility of an intelligent civilization beaming a message in our direction, evidence for ...