Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...

What can star variability—changes in a star's brightness over time—teach astronomers about exoplanet habitability? This is ...

Astronomers have confirmed that three Earth-sized planets are orbiting two stars in the same system — a first in the history ...

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NASA confirms interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet, not an alien artefact. Its nickel and CO2-rich chemistry suggests it's pre-Sun matter, offering unique insights into ancient star ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

Astronomers located hyperactive fast radio bursts to a faint dwarf galaxy orbiting a larger companion 2 billion light-years ...

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The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

Apollo samples provide evidence: Researchers analyzed Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions and, for the first time, ...

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved ...