Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of scientists from the Universities of Montreal, ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the Universe), states ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new mission concept that would see a fleet of telescopes probing rocky planets in their stars' ...

Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the early ...

A starshade is nothing more than a material structure with a hole in the middle. It can be placed in front of a telescope to allow it to focus on its target without being blinded by the light of the ...

When two giant planets collide, an even bigger world may be born. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Based on new simulations, ...