We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

On April evenings, look to the west to spot the bright winter constellations of Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Auriga, Canis Major and Canis Minor. They’ll be gone soon, so check them out while you can.

The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ... One of the Fastest-Spinning Stars in the Universe Oct. 30, 2024 — New research in our Milky Way ... that the Sun has reached its ...

More and more people across India are taking a shine to sleeping under the night sky at remote locations in order to spot stars and planets ... naked eye to see our own galaxy, the Milky Way, besides ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

The Milky Way rotates counterclockwise, putting it in the minority. These findings are surprising because if the universe is random, as previously thought, "there should be an approximately equal ...

Four small rocky planets confirmed orbiting nearby ... mission to explore the origins of the universe and to scour the Milky Way galaxy for hidden reservoirs of water, a key ingredient for life.