A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

Astronomers have spotted another never-before-seen "nova" blaze to life in the night sky. This may be the first time that ...

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems ...

AVS US has launched two small satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to achieve the world’s first fully autonomous docking using just GPS.