Kepler was one of the most successful exoplanet-hunting missions so far. It discovered 2,600 confirmed exoplanets—almost half ...
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...
The iconic Kepler Space Telescope has retired, but the quest for new worlds continues! In this video, we dive into Kepler’s groundbreaking discoveries and the exciting prospects of TESS ...
Previous observations led by astronomer Emily Leiner using NASA's retired Kepler space telescope had revealed that all of M67's 500 stellar residents are about four billion years old, save for a ...
The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...
The star's high spin rate was discovered with NASA's retired Kepler space telescope. While normal Sun-like stars typically take about 30 days to complete one rotation, the lurker takes only four days.
If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...
Astronomers have identified a fourth exoplanet, Kepler-51e, in the Kepler-51 star system using the James Webb Space Telescope ...
It’s funny how the God experts are also the ones advocating for mass deportations from this “Divided States of America.” I ...
Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.