The Kepler space telescope is the source of more exoplanet discoveries than any other telescope, so why haven't we heard ...

A new study using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned long-held beliefs about mini-Neptune exoplanets. Earlier, scientists assumed these planets—smaller than Neptune but ...

On October 30 and November 1, Daichi Fujii, an astronomy curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan, used his telescope to capture pinprick-sized flashes on the shaded side of the moon. Were the ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Mercury meets Mars as the Moon wanesCentral Wisconsin skywatchers will find this week packed with planetary motion, lunar ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

New research suggests that the telescope could be poised to detect an Earth-sized planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our ...

As 3I/ATLAS races through our solar system, NASA and Harvard take unprecedented action to study its bizarre anti-tail and ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing ...

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...