EU researchers are developing powerful new telescopes to help uncover Earth-like planets around distant stars and advance the search for extraterrestrial life.

A new discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists fresh insight into Venus and its potential to host life ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

On the evening ofOctober 5, 2025, the night sky will offer a captivating sight: Saturn, the ringed giant of our solar system, ...

While I enjoy stargazing as much as the next person, I also love to know how things work – to get under the hood. French ...

"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

You won't need a telescope to see this supermoon. Skygazers, get ready to head outside and spot the supermoon next Monday. The full moon will appear on Oct. 6. You shouldn't have any trouble seeing it ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

A game-changing instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our Solar System by ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...