One of the boldest dreams in modern astronomy is the search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. These exoplanets ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a ...

The space-based telescope would be similar in size to the James Webb Space Telescope but with a 20-by-1-meter elongated ...

Technological limitations for manufacturing large, round telescopes has experts considering unconventional shapes to improve ...

The Earth supports the only known life in the universe, all of it depending heavily on the presence of liquid water to ...

How billions of stars and trillions of planets shape the universe There are more than 2 trillion galaxies in this immense observable universe, scientists estimate — each a star city.

The universe may be flat, but could still be shaped like a doughnut, weird patterns in leftover light from the Big Bang suggest.

Was planetary formation different during the early universe than today? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...

Even if life existed on every planet that could support it, living matter in the universe would amount to only a few grains of sand in the Gobi Desert.

American astronomers are calling for the development of a whole new suite of grandiose space telescopes that will be able to peer into the atmospheres of planets beyond our Solar System, listen to ...

Through telescopes on Earth and in space, astronomers can glimpse the far-flung reaches of the universe. And no matter how far away or how strange the planet, at least one thing seems to hold true ...