Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something that shouldn’t exist—at least not so early in the ...

Astronomers have long known that neutron stars, the crushed cores left behind after massive stars explode, should be scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. However, most of them are effectively ...

A new solar telescope at Paranal studies the Sun to reduce stellar noise, helping scientists better detect and study ...

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets ...

This one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly study the surface of an exoplanet for the first time. The ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope together with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have looked deeply at thousands of young star clusters in four nearby galaxies, studying ...

NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could help shed light on hidden neutron stars across the Milky Way.

A nearby “super-Earth” is giving scientists a rare look at the bare surface of a distant world, and it’s far from Earth-like.

Data analyzed by UChicago scientists reveals exoplanet Kua’kua is dark and rocky, offering clues to search for habitable ...