Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...

It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents.

The VLT is a powerful astronomical observatory that captures high-resolution images and spectra of celestial objects, ...

The telescope will map the sky in 102 infrared colors, and the data it collects will shed light on the origins of the ...

The search giant should’ve been first to the chatbot revolution. It wasn’t. So it punched back with late nights, layoffs—and ...

By spotting these strong carbon dioxide features, we have shown there is a sizable fraction of heavier elements, like carbon, ...

Homeworld, the slow-burning deep space strategy game, is one of my favorites of all time. Coldly evocative of the artwork of ...

“Webb’s new images of two iconic systems, HR 8799 and 51 Eridani, and their planets have stunned researchers, and provided ...