Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA's EXCITE mission. As a scientist ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star.

“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...

From his backyard in Arizona, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured stunning photos of the celestial objects high ...

Exoplanet Beta Pictoris b can be seen moving around its star in this 17-year timelapse created using "AI-driven image-processing techniques," according to Northwestern University. Gemini Observatory ...