Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...

More of the galaxy's mysterious Unknown Regions have been mapped — and look, there's Exegol, the Sith planet from Rise of Skywalker that Rey had to hold an old dagger up to the horizon and infiltrate ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

The globular cluster Messier 22 (M22) reaches its highest point in the sky around midnight local time, specifically for ...

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

With the release of its first images this month, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun a 10-year mission to help unravel ...

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...

Earth reaches aphelion, its farthest point from the sun, at 2:54 p.m. on July 3. At that moment we’ll be 94.5 million miles ...

A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...

By Deane Morrison During July the morning sky hosts three bright planets, each following its own path. As the month begins, ...