The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed a distant planet located 40,000 light-years away using microlensing for the first time.
Breakthrough Listen will scan the the skies with the aid of the MeerKAT Telescope. They are targeting a million nearby stars.
Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...
The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system," according to a University of Cambridge study.
A telescope built to protect Earth from asteroids accidentally discovered 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever ...
A study suggests that stellar plasma may distort alien signals, complicating SETI's search for extraterrestrial life by ...
A telescope so powerful it could detect your phone from the Sun is coming to the Nevada desert. What it's hunting for will ...
Astronomers have finally cracked one of the mysteries of the famous GJ504b Pink Planet, discovering that its signature rosy haze is shrouded in bizarre, swirling clouds of salt. Located 57 light-years ...
The premiere’s biggest mystery is not the missing-person case but the possibility that someone now knows of the existence of aliens on Earth. Sugar becomes convinced that someone very influential and ...
Researchers studying the universe's "Pink Planet" have discovered an unexpected feature in its atmosphere: clouds made of salt. A team of astronomers led by Northwestern University used the James Webb ...
We're still in the definition phase of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), but it seems like every week a new research group comes out with a paper helping to shape what is becoming one of the ...