One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets ...

A new study suggests a new telescope design could help scientists find Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars. Unlike ...

Just how big would a telescope need to be to actually see an alien world in detail? The James Webb Telescope just took a photo of a newly discovered exoplanet. Exciting stuff but the raw image just ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a ...

During this clumping together, gaps open up in the protoplanetary disk, which we see as rings around the star. The Atacama ...

Here is everything I saw with a smart telescope in a light-polluted city including galaxies, nebulas and star clusters.

The morning sky boasts the two brightest planets. Jupiter rises soon after midnight and is well up in the south-southeast sky ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

A young gas giant, WISPIT 2b, was detected within a multi-ringed disk around a Sun-like star. Its active formation provides a ...

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...