What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

Astronomers have recently unlocked a new frontier in exoplanet exploration, generating the first 3D map of a distant world.

An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as ...

An international team of scientists has announced the discovery of three Earth-sized planets orbiting within the binary star system TOI-2267, located approximately 190 light-years from Earth. An inter ...

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...

The study revealed that TOI-2267 has two closely bound stars orbiting each other, and the third planet transits the companion ...

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

Researchers from The University of Western Australia node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) ...

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

Deep in outer space, astronomers have discovered another "odd radio circle" — the latest in a short list of mysterious rings ...

The Maya civilization possessed the remarkable ability to forecast solar eclipses with stunning accuracy for over 700 years, using nothing more than careful observation and mathematical genius. A ...