A team of international astronomers, led by Turkish doctoral student Selçuk Yalçınkaya, has unveiled four new exoplanets – ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

A new survey of 500,000 stars finds only 0.28% host close-in giants, showing how aging Sun-like stars drag their planets to destruction.

The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can ...

Models help scientists understand everything from the particles that make up the universe to massive superstructures of galaxies at the beginning of time. But sometimes they model more mundane, though ...

This extreme expansion poses a serious threat to nearby planets. For example, when the Sun becomes a red giant in about 5 ...

Scientists created a form of “super ice” that conducts electricity rather than simply freezing by compressing water under ...

Our planet’s fate has been sealed in the stars: in about five billion years, Earth will be pulled into the expanding sun and ...

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), located at the South African Optical Observatory (SAAO) complex at Sutherland, ...

The 1891 structure has been relocated to the middle of the athletic fields and outfitted with a new dome and mounted telescope.

Africa’s largest optical telescope and one of the most powerful in the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary of astronomical excellence and breakthroughs. This flagship facility for South African and ...