A disk galaxy, like our Milky Way, is a flat, rotating system with spiral arms spreading out from a central core. These ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

For years, astronomers have sought a way to directly observe the atmospheres of exoplanets, worlds orbiting distant stars.

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.

By spotting these strong carbon dioxide features, we have shown there is a sizable fraction of heavier elements, like carbon, ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

Maybe you’re getting a little stressed out. Let’s say it’s increasingly difficult to ignore the political news these days — the stuff about the looming government shutdown, the tariffs, the Tesla ...

Maybe you’re getting a little stressed out. Let’s say it’s increasingly difficult to ignore the political news these days. If you’re like me, you’re on the hunt for any information, any news flash ...

A new discovery using the James Webb Telescope has implied we may live in a black hole. The telescope, launched by NASA three ...

His research focused on spiral galaxies and the direction in which they rotate. Logically, their spin should be evenly ...