The planet WASP-121b is extreme. Its a gas giant almost twice as big as Jupiter orbiting extremely close to its star50 times ...

The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured imagery of young star system ...

Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no sooner than Tuesday night, ...

Scientists mapped exoplanet WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing extreme winds and hidden metals. Iron and titanium appear ...

The megaphone-shaped spacecraft, called SPHEREx — short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of ...

The cosmos is riddled with evidence that the universe began with an exotic, unfathomably rapid expansion, but scientists ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered the fastest planetary jetstream ever recorded, ripping across the equator of the giant ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...

NASA's newest space telescope will scan the entire sky in a range of near-infrared wavelengths to help astronomers better ...

The spectacular planet parade has captured the attention of keen astronomers in recent weeks. Throughout the month, Mars, ...

Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet ...

A week ago, the asteroid set a new record for having the highest probability of hitting Earth -- 3.1 percent according to ...