Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new ...

Time is unlike space—it flows only in one direction, a mystery long pondered by scientists. British astrophysicist Sir Arthur ...

Astronomers have spent decades trying to find Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. These worlds are small, cold, and ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

Hubble was built with a number of instruments onboard, including the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC), the Goddard High ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

Fresh data from the James Webb Space Telescope provide more evidence for what some consider a biosignature — but debate is ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming the search for alien life with new tools that detect UAPs and identify Earth-like ...

Last week, scientists announced they found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our solar system. However, the ...

New research reveals that early Earth harboured a deep ocean of magma, which might explain current anomalies in the planet's ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...

A new study shows TOI-270 d is a fiery rocky exoplanet, offering fresh insight into the galaxy’s most common planet type.