Astronomers have discovered a companion star in an incredibly tight orbit around Betelgeuse using the NASA and U.S. National ...

A new study finds a surprising disparity in the gender dynamics of parenthood, with British mothers facing a significantly ...

NSF-funded ‘Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab, ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume, spanning a radius ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

"We will never witness the formation of Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light-years away, we may be watching a planet come into existence in real time." ...

As telescope tech advances and exoplanet counts soar past 7,000, scientists believe the evidence for alien life could emerge within the decade. This feature unpacks the latest findings, what we’re ...

Over 5,600 exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, have been discovered, and each one challenges what we thought we knew ...

Using the European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) telescope, a team of astronomers ...