A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.
Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...
New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.
After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.
The exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – was spotted by Oxford University scientists orbiting in the ‘habitable ...
A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.
A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...