Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, but does that mean they could host life? The search for alien biology is just beginning.

A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

By studying faint vibrations within stars, scientists using the Keck Planet Finder have discovered internal features that ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

A survey telescope maps out a region on the sky rather than just pointing at specific objects. The Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile has recently finished construction and will soon join those. Its ...

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere and telescope to reach its sensor.

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could ...

Astronomers have constructed telescopes of every kind - massive observatories designed to pick up faint traces of light across space.

Scientists analyzed famed astronomer Johannes Kepler’s 1607 sketches of sunspots to solve a mystery about the sun’s solar cycle that has persisted for centuries.

With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that the Kepler Space Telescope saw before it was retired.