NASA's Pandora mission, launching in fall 2025, will study the atmospheres of over 20 exoplanets, focusing on clouds, hazes, ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, only a select few show promise. Here we look at some of the most habitable exoplanets ever discovered ranked through their similarity to Earth. The result ...

One of the largest exoplanets to be found orbiting a relatively low-mass star has been discovered, thanks to the way the planet's gravity drags its star around on its journey through space.

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the ...

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more massive than Jupiter. Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang (UC ...

A team of scientists have integrated an ultrasensative sensor called a “superconducting nanowire single-photon detector,” or ...

Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA's EXCITE mission. As a scientist ...