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

The Vera Rubin Telescope’s first stellar-stream discovery exposes M61’s hidden tail, revealing how galaxies merge and ...

James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

In the quest to uncover the mysteries of the universe’s early days, a new astronomical tool is set to revolutionize our ...

I/ATLAS has unexpectedly become bluer than the Sun, hinting that it could be emitting light, not just reflecting it — a sign ...

Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was discovered using wide-field imaging. The Subaru Telescope has spotted a distant ...

The images were taken by the Lowell Discovery Telescope in Arizona when 3I/ATLAS was at a distance of 1.38 au from the Sun ...

The political news these days is enough to make some Chicagoans wish they were a million miles away. But consider this: Even in the depths of space, there's no escape from politics. The $10 billion ...

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers from West Virginia University and elsewhere have observed two distant ...

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A new study using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned long-held beliefs about mini-Neptune ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...