When it comes to launching telescopes, a recent development is to use “segmented” telescopes which include multiple small mirrors that can be combined or unfurled to create one much larger mirror once ...

There are more than 3,900 confirmed planets beyond our solar system. Most of them have been detected because of their "transits" -- instances when a planet crosses its star, momentarily blocking its ...

Engineers at NASA are developing designs for next-generation space telescopes specifically for the investigation of planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets, of which more than 3,900 have ...