What: A SETI Live conversation exploring NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Coronagraph Instrument that will attempt to directly image giant exoplanets around nearby stars.

This week, we reveal hidden wonders across the cosmos, from delicate Martian clouds and a dust-shrouded galaxy to an asteroid with a never-before-seen shape and the crowded heart of the Milky Way.

Scientists studying distant worlds may have identified a missing piece in the puzzle of planetary habitability: how fast a ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

NASA recently announced the discovery of a gas giant planet orbiting around a young, nearby star, Beta Pictoris (“ young ” ...

Michael Zeiler is currently aboard the expedition ship Ocean Explorer, heading to the fjords of Greenland to view the ...

“Open or raised areas without buildings or trees and with a clear view of the western horizon are best. On current thinking, parts of southern and eastern Scotland will be best placed to see this ...

Swathes of southern and eastern Scotland are being tipped as among the best places to witness this week’s rare partial solar eclipse, according to meteorologists and weather presenters. While an ...

Everything has to be perfect for this to happen. An astonishing cosmic coincidence means that solar eclipses as viewed from Earth are spectacular – and unlike those anywhere else in the solar system.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 aboard Falcon Heavy to map billions of galaxies, hunt exoplanets and ...

A discovery in a solar system 73 light-years from Earth is challenging definitions and “blurring the lines between stars, planets, and moons.” ...

Astronomers caught helium escaping the habitable-zone world LHS 1140 b — a signal that strengthens the case for the planet's habitability.