The Milky Way likely has hundreds of millions of planets that are promising targets to probe for signs of life outside our solar system.

Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.

Researchers suggest a new way to expand the search for habitable planets that takes into account a zone not previously considered.

Statistics tools support the idea that all radio bursts may repeat if observed long enough.

Upgrades to the hardware and software of the advanced observatory should allow astrophysicists to detect much fainter gravitational waves than before.

Astronomers have been trying to get a closer look at GJ 1214b, an exoplanet 40 light-years away from Earth, for decades. Now they have.

A new image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals new details, including nested rings of dust that hint at the forces of unseen planets.

Saturn's rings are a lot younger than previously thought, according to new research. They're also not here to stay.

Stars begin to expand when they run out of fuel and can become thousands of times larger, consuming any planets in the way. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed one such event.