Astronomers have recently unveiled the existence of giant planets that defy current models of planetary formation, ...

The Mauve telescope, developed by London-headquartered start-up Blue Skies Space, is the size of a small suitcase and carries ...

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like ...

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For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

NASA recently launched a telescope designed and built by UMass Lowell and the space agency that seeks to identify planets beyond the solar system and other objects in space that would ...

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Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...