Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere. This is the first measurement of the ...

The moment an object from another star system appears in survey data, astronomy shifts into sprint mode. Interstellar visitors do not linger, and each one offers a narrow window to study material ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have conducted the most detailed simulation of the interior of stars and disproved a theory scientists believed for 45 years: that stars switch their rotation ...

The proposed interstellar spacecraft, called Chrysalis, can carry 1,000 people on a one-way trip into interstellar space. It was proposed as part of the Project Hyperion Design Competition. The idea ...