Astrophysics

Team predicts satellite could locate hundreds of Earth-sized planetsResearchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.

A massive star is bornTime-lapse movie shows that massive stars — which may hold clues about the origins of life — form like their smaller siblings.

A faraway planet intriguesAn exoplanet with an extremely tilted orbit raises new interest in stellar astronomy.

Bursting the sun's bubbleNew observations indicate the heliosphere — the sun's sphere of influence — has a different shape than theorists had expected.