It's believed to account for roughly 85% of the universe's mass, yet no telescope or sensor on Earth has been able to track ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Are we alone in the universe? While no one can say for sure, space scientists know where to start looking—exoplanets. An ...

Floating around at the edge of the Solar System are leftovers from its formation. This is the Kuiper Belt, which is composed ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

Water may have formed less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, suggesting some conditions for life existed far earlier than previously thought.

Astrology deciphers the unique energies and influences of planets on human lives. Luminaries like the Sun and Moon shape core ...

ESA's Euclid mission is exploring the "dark universe." The space telescope's latest images offer fascinating new insights.

A theoretically simple piece of technology that might have huge implications, as it may prove once and for all that Earth does not hold the only life forms in the Universe. Present-day telescopes ...