The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

The ELT could identify biosignatures on planets in our solar system as well as orbiting Proxima Centauri within hours.

The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

In life exploration to find out whether there is life on a distant planet, whether the planet has an atmosphere and its atmospheric composition are important clues, but it is very difficult to ...

Data from 41 million galaxies does not shake up the standard cosmological model after all. To that conclusion, to their own ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

(CNN) – Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about oxygen and elements in the most distant known galaxy. The galaxy ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, it could detect hints of alien life around our closest neighboring star ...