The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...
Proxima Centauri, a star four light-years from the sun, shoots out a violent solar flare in this artist's depiction. Credit: NSF / AUI / NSF NRAO / S. Dagnello Only a few years ago, astronomers ...
Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...
From the discovery of new celestial bodies to sketching out revolutionary medical treatments, scientists have pushed the frontiers of knowledge. They have done so in preparation for a very bright ...
Protoplanets are extremely rare, with these two, designated PDS 70 b and PDS 70 c, being the only ones confirmed in an exoplanet catalog containing over 5,000 worlds beyond the solar system.