Thirty years ago, on a crisp October day in 1995, two Swiss astronomers changed the course of cosmic history. Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, working at the University of Geneva, announced the ...

One of the big hurdles in locating other Earth-like planets in our galaxy is the difficulty of cutting through all the “noise” — light distortion from stars. For astronomers, deciphering and filtering ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University has been selected to serve as a host institution for the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Heising-Simons Foundation to give ...