NASA is preparing to launch a megaphone-shaped observatory on a mission to better understand what happened immediately after ...

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An unusual elliptical galaxy with a history of absorbing smaller galaxies appears to be approaching its next target.

AS night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile, four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

From star births to deaths and a party in a black hole, here are some of the reports we’ve been getting back from the ...

A team of international researchers including Dr. Jake Taylor from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has ...

Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of ...

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But ...

But the latest target of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), WASP-121b? Well, this exoplanet has titanium rainstorms—a weather system ripped straight from the pages of science fiction.

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

Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type. They can have orbital ...