Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially ...

Saturn is about to make its closest approach to Earth, and that means you might be able to see its rings — if you have a telescope, that is. Rain is in the forecast for Louisville on Sunday, which ...

The comet is now racing away from the sun following a close flyby on Jan. 20.

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 ...

How close to Earth could we find the next Earth-like exoplanet? This is what two papers accepted in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of more than two dozen researchers ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined. Astronomers reported Wednesday that the nearest Earth-like planet may be just 13 light-years away -- or ...