James Webb recently peered at an alien world that could harbor alien life. What impact would such a seismic discovery have on ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, ...

In a distant part of the universe, where astronomy uncovers the mysteries of creation, an extraordinary discovery has been ...

An ultra-deep image from the National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a wide variety of galaxies in the unusual Antlia Cluster.

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and ...

By employing a new and improved supercollider, scientists are hoping to dissect the very fabric of the Universe and calculate ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced ...