Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

Now, astronomers led by researchers from the University of Innsbruck have peered between the billions of stars, galaxies and supermassive black hole-powered quasars contained within 25 Euclid ...

After five years of staring unblinking at the sky, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) has compiled the most detailed map ...

Taking note of growing interest in the skies, the governments of Ladakh and Uttarakhand have added astronomy tourism to their list of visitor attractions.

"I was astonished by the unexpected results because they opened a new view on the first phases of galaxy evolution." ...

As humans, we’re curious about how we got here. When we look out at the night sky, we see stars and planets, even galaxies.

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly capture images of the planets in the star system HR 8799, which ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...