China search for Earth 2.0 leads a bold 2026–2030 space plan to probe the early universe, our Sun, and Earth-like exoplanets.

A journey across 440 light-years to the young star HD 135344B surrounded by a dust ring featuring the tell-tale fingerprint ...

Nearly a century after astronomers first proposed dark matter to explain the strange motions of galaxies, scientists may finally be catching a glimpse of it. A University of Tokyo researcher analyzing ...

Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into the short list of worlds that might be able to ...