The discovery of the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet 51 Pegasi b on Oct. 6, 1995 changed the course of astronomical history.

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." ...

Gauging the mass of a black hole is tricky, but astronomers have devised multiple methods to measure the heft of these ...

The successful launch of Sputnik — the world’s first artificial satellite to orbit Earth — on October 4, 1957 rocketed ...

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer.

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

An underground Leicester city centre nightclub is going completely phone-free in a bid to help visitors "reconnect" with live ...

A new look at radio maps of the sky shows a pronounced tilt, called a dipole, that astronomers are still unable to explain ...

A coastal flood watch is in effect for the coastline of the Treasure Coast through Sunday. According to WPBF 25 First Warning ...

Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...