The next generation of exoplanet imaging technology, designed and built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which Caltech manages for the agency, has launched aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Sp...

NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will tackle nearly every aspect of astrophysics, including dark matter, dark energy and alien planets.

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We present results from a spectroscopic survey of 32 FGK stars hosting brown dwarfs, using high-resolution optical spectra (R = 130,000 and 50,000) obtained with the PEPSI spectrograph on the Large Bi...

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has transformed the study of nearby exoplanetary systems; however, its nominal observing strategy limits sensitivity to planets with orbital periods sh...

The Sun often produces solar flares and coronal mass ejections, but a rare solar radiation storm made the 2026's first great auroral show.

Artist’s concept of NASA’s Pandora mission, which will help scientists untangle the signals from exoplanets’ atmospheres — worlds beyond our solar system — and their stars.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...

The universe has always fascinated humans, and observatories play an important role in unraveling its secrets and wonders in our Milky Way and distant galaxies.…

Set to launch by May 2027, the spacecraft will study mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, a new technology designed and built by JPL.

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes

The Working Group on Graduate Admissions has surveyed over 150 astronomy and physics graduate programs to understand how the current funding and policy environment has affected their admissions plans ...

Direct imaging has revealed exoplanet systems hosting multiple wide-orbit Super-Jupiters, where planet-planet interactions can shape their long-term dynamical evolution. These strong perturbations may...