Mysterious dark matter makes up 85 percent of matter in the universe, and of the remaining 15 percent, scientists couldn’t ...

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those ...

We know of several hundred billion stars in our galaxy, at least 100 billion galaxies, and planets around most of the stars we see. Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one ...

The discovery was made on a massive exoplanet known as K2-18b that for years has captivated scientists searching for life ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

Bring the Moon and planets into closer view, spot stunning star clusters and observe distant galaxies and nebulas with your own eyes — you can even photograph your subject with a smart telescope.

As J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Fellowship of the Ring, “Not all those who wander are lost.” But in the case of planets, it’s possible that most of them are.

The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of dwarf galaxies that are arranged in a highly lopsided manner. Analysis of cosmological simulations published in Nature Astronomy reveal that ...