How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

Nasa's new space telescope Pandora is set to study at least 20 unknown exoplanets to analyse their atmospheres for haze, ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

The number of known exoplanets seems to grow every day. Most of them are worlds completely unlike our own. But some get pretty close to something resembling home - and may someday become exactly that.

NASA is preparing to launch its exoplanet telescope Pandora and it got a step closer on Monday. In a statement, the agency announced that it has chosen Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the telescope that ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

Thanks to the Euclid space telescope, an international team with Swiss participation has discovered an extremely rare Einstein ring in a nearby gala ...

South Africa has made significant strides in astronomy research and infrastructure, the most recent being the launch of the PRime-focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment (PRIME) telescope in Sutherland ...