The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

From a distance, it looks like a serene blue twin of our own world, a dot that could almost pass for Earth in a telescope ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the ...

The University of Arizona will serve as mission control for a newly launched space telescope designed to study distant ...

Scientists measured mass and distance of free floating planet drifting through space without star for first time.

(CNN) — A tiny sign revealed in April seemed like it might change the universe as we know it. Astronomers had detected just a hint, a glimmer of two molecules swirling in the atmosphere of a distant ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA–The search for distant planets will be the topic of a public lecture by Steven Vogt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Vogt’s talk, ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...

A team of astronomers observed a confused exoplanet orbiting its two parent stars in a highly unusual way. As New Scientist reports, the planet, which was first discovered in 2004, is located in a ...