Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

An exoplanet called HD 137010 b might be the closest thing astronomers have ever seen to “Earth 2.0.” The trouble is that ...

February brings seven planets to the evening sky. As February opens, look to the southwestern sky to spot modest Saturn.

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14, is visible just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers may have discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a Sunlike star just 146 light-years away. Before you ...

A Planet Parade to End the Month As the month draws to a close, Jupiter returns to the spotlight. In the early morning of ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which examined the sky for exoplanets ...

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1. Look east at sunset on Jan. 30 to spot the near-full moon shining close to the gas giant Jupiter among the stars of the ...

If you have one of the best cameras or telescopes to capture stunning images of the starry night sky, then you also want a ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s bright core returning to view in the Northern Hemisphere.

Astronomers have identified a new Earth-sized planet orbiting a sun-like star about 146 light-years from Earth, raising fresh interest in nearby ...