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

Using direct imaging, astronomers have found a brown dwarf that could help test technology for taking snapshots of Earthlike ...

After decades of searching, astronomers might finally be on the verge of discovering thefirst confirmed exomoon, a natural ...

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

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

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far. Scientists are even beginning to move beyond mere detections, and working on ...

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.

Since then, over 6,000 confirmed exoplanets —or planets orbiting other stars—have been found, leading astronomers to conclude ...

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

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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