exoplanets

I discovered over the past several years that I’m not as rare as I once thought I was. There are many people out…

NASA recently released some figures for TESS's achievements from its first five years in space, including the…

In the early 2000s, Phil Plait wrote his first book, Bad Astronomy, which debunked conspiracy theories and…

When astronomers discovered the first worlds orbiting other stars thirty years ago, they also began taking what…

Scientists have a new idea to explain the strange behavior of ’Oumuamua, our solar system’s first known…

Giant stars may be the ultimate example of “live fast, die young.” Unlike our own sun, which will shine for…

On board Roman will be a special instrument called a coronagraph which can help in the discovery of…

Next, they’ll use the spectrograph to try to find key molecules like oxygen or methane. How much they find of each…

The JWST’s size and sensitivity enabled it to collect more light from this planet than any previous observatory has…

The James Webb Space Telescope — already famous for its mesmerizing images of the cosmos — has done it again. The…