Fresh results from near-infrared instruments foretell a bright future for finding life elsewhere in the Milky Way ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

Irish astronomers aided ‘remarkable discovery’ of new planet - Irish astronomers were among those that made an unexpected ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

Space weathering expert Michelle Thompson OSIRIS-REx reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, like red or blue, more strongly. These results help shed light onto the ...

Scientists may have found the first planet ever detected around our closest “solar twin,” a star called Alpha Centauri A, the ...

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month. It’s what’s known as a planetary parade and it’s the last one of the year.

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of ...

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in ...

In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the ...