A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

Astronomers detected both X-ray and radio pulses from a single mysterious space object, known as ASKAP J1832-0911, every 44 ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

Located 15,000 light-years away in a region of the Milky Way brimming with stars, gas and dust, this object could be a highly ...

The pair — dueling it out 11 billion light-years away in space — has given astronomers their first detailed look at a galaxy ...

A new 8K camera system at the Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife captures images of the Sun's surface in stunning detail.

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explores how binary star systems—two stars born together orbiting each other—can serve as natural laboratories for understanding planet ...

The side-by-side, “edge on” configuration of certain binary star systems potentially allows astronomers to do comparative ...