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

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy - yet, it remains a challenge since ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Martin Kahanec, the co-founder and scientific director of the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), has received ...