So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

Two new lines of research now offer hope and a warning. In a Goldilocks scenario, inner planets are too hot and outer planets ...

NASA awarded three-year contracts to Astroscale U.S., BAE Systems, Busek, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and ...

Make room, earthling. We’re moving the other planets in our Solar System into our planetary neck of the woods. Would all the ...

Supporters of planetary colonization argue that becoming a multi-planet species could safeguard us from potentially ...

The spectra measurements enable astronomers to figure out these stars’ age, spin rate, temperature, and location, among other ...

NASA announced the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to stars ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James ...