In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...

Physicists have performed a simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

The question of what lies beyond the universe has fascinated scientists, philosophers, and dreamers for centuries. While there’s no definitive answer, a variety of intriguing theories offer ...

Inside, her view extends to the Milky Way and beyond. Seager, 47, is an astrophysicist. Her specialty is exoplanets, namely all the planets in the universe except the ones you already know about ...

Finding life beyond Earth is “only a matter of time ... exists somewhere in the universe. Less than 2 percent disagreed, with 12 percent staying neutral. So, based on this, we might say ...

A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark ...

If you’re having trouble sleeping at night, have you tried to induce total existential dread by contemplating the end of the entire Universe? If not, here’s a rundown of five ideas exploring ...

Finding life beyond Earth is “only a matter of time ... exists somewhere in the universe. Less than 2% disagreed, with 12% staying neutral. So, based on this, we might say that there ...

Now, researchers in Switzerland and the U.K. have homed in on one particular aspect of this equation to contemplate how a crucial component of our universe affects star formation and, by extension ...