The dream of finding life on an alien Earth-like world is hampered by a number of technical challenges. Not the least of ...

LIFE remains a mission concept and has not been adopted by any space agency. However, scientists at ETH Zurich have been examining what such a mission could reveal even in the absence of a positive ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first ...

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

A new coronagraph blocks starlight, revealing hidden exoplanets. Developed by the University of Arizona, it could find ...

The super-pressure balloon lifted off from Wānaka Airport and will now spend 100 days or more flying around the Southern ...

The other remarkable achievement taking shape on Paranal is the VLT interferometer. This setup, common in radio astronomy, capitalizes on the fact that if a telescope has a larger aperture ...

Something unexpected has come to life in the great darkness of space. In a galaxy 300 million light-years away from Earth, a ...

Explore 5 real images captured by NASA, revealing the mysterious and captivating appearance of black holes, offering a ...