Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Spanish astronomers have conducted deep optical imaging of an isolated dwarf galaxy known as NGC 6789. Results of the new ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, confirmed a colossal coronal mass ejection from a distant star, a blast so powerful it could strip the atmosphere from any nearby planet. Astronomers using the Eu ...

Astronomers studying extreme planetary systems have identified worlds so massive that they rival the smallest stars in size.