Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is leading a mission to seek the elements necessary for life on exoplanets in far-away ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular scene in a star system not far from Earth, offering the rare chance ...

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...

The planets are aligning at the Austin Symphony Orchestra (ASO) for its first performance of 2026. ASO presents Planets and ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

Posts claiming a celestial "smiley face” will light up the night sky over Christmas aren't true. But the Christmas Tree ...