We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, pinned down both the mass and distance of a planet that drifts through the galaxy ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

Explore how astronomers aim to identify signs of alien life by analysing the atmospheres of distant exoplanets through ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The search for distant planets will be the topic of a public lecture by Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Vogt’s talk, ...

Astronomers have observed the intense heating of a distant planet as it swung close to its parent star, providing important clues to the atmospheric properties of the planet. The observations enabled ...

In doing so, they found this orphan is within the same weight class as Saturn, strengthening the case that the galaxy teems ...

(CNN) — A tiny sign revealed in April seemed like it might change the universe as we know it. Astronomers had detected just a hint, a glimmer of two molecules swirling in the atmosphere of a distant ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...