The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

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 ...

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

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets may hold oceans, rocky ground, and even atmospheres rich in oxygen or ...

Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely ...

Want to spot up to six planets at once in the night sky? Look up before dawn for the second and last "planet parade" of the ...

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

The morning sky boasts the two brightest planets. Jupiter rises soon after midnight and is well up in the south-southeast sky at the break of dawn. Meanwhile, dazzling Venus continues to put on a show ...

A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, ...

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

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