Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists, because it ...

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

What if, someday, we decided that the usefulness of our planet had run its course, and humans needed to scour space to find ...

Kappa Tucanae A, a star located seventy light-years away, has baffled astronomers due to the presence of extremely hot dust.

"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

New James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is ...

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, with the help of the world’s most powerful telescope, ventures through the Milky Way and into the universe beyond, on the hunt for alien worlds.

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock begins her search for extraterrestrial life with an exploration of our nearest neighbour, and ...

Astronomers discovered a companion star in Kappa Tucanae A, explaining the persistence of hot dust and creating a natural ...

A group of astronomers claim they have found the first exomoon in the universe. While we know about around 6,000 exoplanets, an exomoon has never been found. That might soon change if the latest ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...