Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our ...

It was one of humanity’s greater vanities that we ever questioned whether there are any planets in the universe beyond the eight in our little solar system. Our sun is a perfectly ordinary star, ...

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The gas giant will shine at its peak brilliance on Jan. 10, offering spectacular viewing opportunities all month long.

On Saturday night, Jan. 24, the curved terminator on the moon will fall just to the upper left (or lunar west) of a large, ...

In a landmark achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet. About the same mass as Saturn, it was found in a star system about 111 light-years distant. It’s also the ...

One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets may hold oceans, rocky ground, and even atmospheres rich in oxygen or ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this ...