Comparable in size to Venus and only slightly smaller than Earth, it boasts an estimated surface temperature of 42°C, cooler ...

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have ...

Astronomers report the detection of a second exoplanet orbiting a G-type star known as TIC 393818343, located some 300 light ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been peering into the world of an extremely young gas planet several light years ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a groundbreaking image of AF Leporis b, the lowest-mass exoplanet directly ...

Long-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing 'space-time ripples' ...

"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the ...

Scientists at SETI and Penn State deployed the Allen Telescope to probe TRAPPIST-1 for alien signals over 28 hours. Utilizing ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

China’s moon programme is part of a growing rivalry with the US – still the leader in space exploration – and others, including Japan and India. The US is planning to land astronauts on the moon for ...

Astronomers have yet to confirm the existence of exomoons, but a molecular signal around a far away star offers some of the ...

The Astronomy & Astrophysics Department welcomes postdoctoral scientist Emiel Por, who invents technologies that mold the ...