The new findings on exoplanet TRAPPIST-1d, published in The Astrophysical Journal on Wednesday, mirror similar results for ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected strong evidence for a giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest ...

Yet, despite using the JWST's sensitive Near-Infrared Spectrometer, or NIRSpec, astronomers led by Piaulet-Ghorayeb found no ...

If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new ...

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...

On August 8, 2025, scientists at UT Austin's Cosmic Frontier Center announced the discovery of the oldest confirmed black ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an Earth-like atmosphere on the rocky planet TRAPPIST-1 d, as per a recent study.

NASA has spotted a cosmic giant shooting jets in the heart of our galaxy. It's relative close to Earth, but humans shouldn't ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole ever confirmed, formed 500 million years after the Big Bang. The breakthrough, led by the Cosmic Frontier Center at UT Austin, offers a rare ...

With seven rocky planets, the planetary system of TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most exciting of all. Now another one has turned out not to be Earth-like.