Astronomers from Swinburne University in Australia and elsewhere have employed the Keck II telescope to investigate the ...

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

The finding isn't yet certain, and it only indirectly supports the notion that the planet harbours life, but it is the ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...

A team of scientists said on Wednesday they have found the strongest signs yet of possible life on a massive planet beyond ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system. Most of them are in single-star systems, ...

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those ...

Zynext Ventures USA LLC today announced its investment in Feldan Therapeutics (Feldan), a Canada-based early clinical-stage ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...