Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi, have spotted such a gruesome glimpse of stellar ...

TESS launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 in 2018 to study exoplanets that transit their star from our perspective, meaning they ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...

A planet recently scored 0.836 on the habitability index, slightly higher than Earth, using factors like orbit shape, ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the universe to the audience.

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Exoplanet scientists are eagerly awaiting the discovery of an atmosphere around a terrestrial exoplanet. Not a thin, tenuous, ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...

A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...