The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...
The algorithm models the blurring incurred by Earth's atmosphere and counteracts it, producing sharp and clear images.
New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.
A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their ...
An exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star 124 light-years from Earth made headlines around the world in April 2025. Researchers at ...
There is much less water on the surfaces of distant planets outside our solar system than previously thought. These ...
A key mystery about Type Ia supernovas is that, in the dominant theory known as D6, a white dwarf would need a companion star in order to explode. This so-called D6 scenario is shorthand for ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already captured some incredible images of our universe, with some game-changing insights to boot. But researchers at New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic ...
Originally built to study visible light Hubble has instead revealed the hidden universe in ways never imagined. Senate Republicans face a surprise new Fed dilemma Woman recalls '90s childhood ...
Scientists from a San Antonio-based research hub have found a new moon orbiting Uranus using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Southwest Research Institute said it discovered a previously unknown ...
Fly about 2,600 light-years to Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Cygnus loop nebula. See images from 2001 and 2020. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI Acknowledgments: NSF's NOIRLab, Akira Fujii , Jeff ...