We’ve discovered thousands of exoplanets — but not a single confirmed exomoon. That doesn’t mean they aren’t out there. In ...

A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...

Astronomers have reported evidence for a rare super-Jupiter candidate orbiting a distant star, inferred from a prolonged ...

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publications and their citation impact during the ...

How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publications and their ...

The James Webb Space Telescope recently spent 17 hours observing the mysterious world of Uranus, studying how faint molecular ...

Engineers have unveiled a bold new concept for an interstellar spacecraft capable of transporting up to 2,400 people on a one-way, 400-year voyage to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth.

One of the Astronomy Department’s largest outreach events is the Sturm Lecture. Dedicated to alumnus Kenneth E. Sturm ’40, the lecture sees esteemed astrophysicists, including Nobel Laureates, discuss ...

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus.

Stephen Hawking spent much of his life pulling at a thread, one that had been swallowed by a black hole. He was interested in what happened to material once it passed a black hole’s event horizon – ...

James Van Der Beek's death at 48 has prompted an outpouring of tributes — and a GoFundMe that has raised millions for his ...