These three exoplanets are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...

Cancer the Crab is a dim constellation, yet it contains one of the most beautiful and easy-to-spot star clusters in our sky: ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of Kepler-51d, a planet so lightweight it has been compared to cotton candy. The new data ...

NASA researchers explore a hybrid observatory using a space-based starshade and ground telescopes to improve direct imaging and detect hidden Earth-like exoplanets.

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is joining Lazuli, an initiative of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System, which aims to deliver a privately funded telescope into deep space.

The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars ...

Space scientist Maggie Aderin talks telescopes, neurodiversity and being underestimated with Rowan Hooper on the New Scientist podcast, as her memoir Starchild comes out ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has steadily been making its exit ever since it had a rendezvous at the end of October with the ...