Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover that a distant "hot Jupiter" planet has two ...

The Astronomy & Astrophysics Department welcomes postdoctoral scientist Emiel Por, who invents technologies that mold the starlight captured by ground- and space-based telescopes to improve imaging of ...

Astronomers have identified four exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf star just 6 light-years away from Earth. No, really, this time it’s for real! We have to emphasize this because ...

An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Center of Competence in ...

Astronomy on Tap ATX is partnering with C. L. Butaud for Astronomy Uncorked. How do astronomers discover planets orbiting distant stars? What have they found, and how do these exoplanets differ from ...

"We found an overdensity of planets in this region, indicating a sharp transition between the barren Neptunian Desert and the more populated Neptunian Savanna." When you purchase through links on our ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar system—and it's an absolute giant. Reading time 3 minutes In September, NASA ...

HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Westlake University held the founding ceremony for its Department of Astronomy at Yungu Campus on Oct. 18, marking the establishment of the first ...