Many planets featured in Star Trek TNG share traits that scientists now look for when identifying exoplanets: rocky terrain, ...

Japan's Subaru Telescope’s OASIS survey directly imaged a massive exoplanet and a brown dwarf, highlighting new opportunities for studying distant planetary systems.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope discover an exoplanet and a brown dwarf, offering new insights and a key target for NASA’s upcoming Roman Telescope ...

The mystery of whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere capable of hosting life continues. Discover more about it.

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

The Wide Field Camera 3 instrument gives the telescope the ability to capture a panchromatic view of objects flying through ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," ...

Published on Key components of the new spectrograph designed at UNIGE have been successfully tested. They will enable analysis of light from the ...

The RISTRETTO project, dedicated to observing Proxima b –the closest exoplanet to the Solar System — is reaching a new ...

Wonder Bound, the product of a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University, the Space Telescope Science Institute, and the ...