Published Sunday in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science, their new study posits that a rectangular telescope with a long ...

A new rectangular telescope design could finally spot Earth-like planets around nearby stars, bringing the search for alien ...

"We show that this design can, in principle, find half of all existing Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars within 30 light-years in less than three years." ...

Earth is the only planet known to host life. All living systems depend heavily on liquid water. While single-celled life appeared early, complex life took billions. Human existence is tiny compared to ...

A bold new proposal from a team of astrophysicists, led by Heidi Newberg from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, suggests that ...