Artist’s impression of the exoplanet GJ 1132 b, which orbits the red dwarf star GJ 1132. Astronomers have managed to detect the atmosphere of this Earth-like planet.

Juno Update: Jupiter results intensify as spacecraft heads for Great Red Spot As Juno approaches the king of the Solar System again, Earth-based telescopes have been observing the prominent storm …

Hubble’s sharp vision helped the astronomers confirm that two of them, Pisces A and B, are dwarf galaxies. The Hubble telescope is aptly suited to study nearby, dim dwarf galaxies because its sharp …

Nov 29, 2016 · Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are as faint as dwarf galaxies, but are distributed over an area just as large as the Milky …

Famous exoplanet’s doppelgänger found Gas giant beta Pictoris b has been heavily studied since 2009, but now its identical twin has been spotted orbiting two brown dwarf stars

An interactive timeline of Curiosity’s first year on Mars 12 months on from one of the most ambitious landings ever attempted, we take a look back at what NASA’s rover has been up to on the Red Planet.

Sep 8, 2016 · The scientists, from the University of Cambridge, found the holes by studying the distribution of stars in the Milky Way. While the clumps of dark matter that likely made the holes are …

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Jan 5, 2017 · Cornell University researchers and a global team of astronomers have uncovered the cosmological source of a sporadically repeating milliseconds-long “fast radio burst.” Once thinking …