As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don't know, according to Ulf Danielsson ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This is the clearest image yet of the faint afterglow from the Big Bang, known as the cosmic ...

For centuries—and, frankly, until quite recently—astronomers were baffled by planet formation. They saw points of light in the sky moving in a neat, orderly fashion, but many crucial details about how ...

A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky has helped scientists uncover something astonishing: planets much like ...

Carole Haswell receives funding from STFC. The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect on ...

There are so many galaxies in here. Those bright, spiky points are nearby stars, but every tiny oval, every gleaming blob is a distant galaxy, a swirling creation brimming with stars and dust and ...

This rare picture of an exoplanet (called 2M1207B) shows a red world several times Jupiter’s size orbiting a brown dwarf much smaller and dimmer than our sun. LUVOIR is after more elusive targets: ...

Space dust provides more than just awe-inspiring pictures like the Pillars of Creation. It can provide the necessary materials to build everything from planets to asteroids. But what it actually looks ...

Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Astronomers have released the clearest images yet of the infant universe — and they confirm that the leading theory of the universe's evolution accurately describes its early stages. The new images ...