We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

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The hunt for worlds beyond our solar system has shifted from counting planets to confronting extremes that strain basic ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 29 at 11 a.m. for the talk, Probing Exoplanet Magnetospheres: ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly impossible.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A super-Earth basks in the glow of its star in this artist's impression. Is the world habitable ...

Gravitational microlensing is a transient but powerful phenomenon that occurs when a foreground mass – such as a star or a planetary system – temporarily magnifies the light from a more distant ...

Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop—but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much larger than anything a chicken could lay. That’s a little like how our team ...

Detecting exoplanets is one thing, but imaging them is another thing entirely. Astronomers can detect them by the way they block their star's light and by the way they make their stars wobble, and ...