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After cataloging thousands of worlds beyond our solar system, astronomers are now closing in on a far rarer prize: a moon ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

Analysis of early direct images from James Webb telescope show immense dust clouds on brown dwarf that lead to a blurring of ...

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

A team of scientists is developing a "quantum-sensitive" device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it's nearly impossible.

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

The ingredients for life are spread throughout the universe. While Earth is the only known place in the universe with life, detecting life beyond Earth is a major goal of modern astronomy and ...

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NASA said 40 new exoplanets have been discovered, bringing the known total to 4,512. The space agency's Exoplanet Exploration Program announced the new planets in a tweet on Monday. The vast majority ...