NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news ...

An instrument is set to improve the detection and direct imaging of planets outside our solar system by harnessing the power ...

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like ...

For centuries, humans have sought to study the stars and celestial bodies, whether through observations made by naked eye or ...

By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency's ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Le 6 octobre 1995, la première exoplanète était découverte à l'Observatoire de l'UNIGE, bouleversant notre compréhension de l'Univers. This ...

We thought we understood planets, but the planetary disk chemistry of far-away XUE 10 is completely changing our conception ...

In her new book "First Contact," journalist Becky Ferreira explores the scientific search for alien life, our cultural ...

Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...