The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

Learn about the first images of low-mass stars captured by SPARCS, a nanosatellite that could provide insight into exoplanets ...

In 2020, a study confirmed that two planets orbited the nearby red dwarf, GJ 887. Now, astronomers have confirmed the ...

This pair of images shows stars observed Feb. 6, 2026, by the SPARCS space telescope simultaneously in the near-ultraviolet, ...

"Follow the water" has been a guiding mantra of astrobiology, and even space exploration more generally, for decades. If you want to find life, it makes sense to look for the universal solvent that ...

NASA has received the first images from a tiny spacecraft designed to study the ...

(via Big Think) Astrophysicist and planetary scientist Sara Seager explores the search for Planet B, a true Earth-like exoplanet with continents, oceans, sunlight, and a thin atmosphere capable of ...

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

The tiny spacecraft will study energetic behavior the galaxy’s most common stars.

An international research team including Stefan Kimeswenger, astrophysicist at the University of Innsbruck, has tested a new approach to studying ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these ...