It is 20 years ago this year that Europe, in collaboration with the United States, launched the first infrared observatory into space. Its infrared powers revealed a secret universe that, to this day, ...

Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Astronomers discovered FFPs (free floating planets- rogue planets) more than 20 years ago, using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii. Since then, observers have spotted hundreds rogue ...

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding a press conference to excitedly show off a chart that’s incomprehensible ...

When many stars reach billions of years in age and run out of fuel, they become dying stars known as red giants. The stars expand and can engulf nearby planets, effectively incinerating them. In ...

Using two infrared space telescopes and a 23-year gap, scientists may have spotted a mysterious, slow-moving object beyond Neptune. Reading time 3 minutes A team of astronomers says it has identified ...

A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...