Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

“This pioneering interstellar navigation demonstration and its accompanying publication show that a deep-space mission can use its onboard imaging system to find its way among the stars,” added Alan ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers have detected a rare exoplanet located at the very edge of the Milky Way galaxy, ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy - yet, it remains a challenge since ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Martin Kahanec, the co-founder and scientific director of the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), has received ...