Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

In a cosmic first, astronomers have spotted the earliest signs of rocky planet formation around a young star. The discovery offers a rare vision of how Earth-like worlds may begin.

Researchers aim to study the universe’s 'Dark Ages' using a quiet orbit around the Moon. Their small satellite will search ...

In a cosmic breakthrough, scientists using the James Webb and ALMA telescopes have caught a rare glimpse of a planetary ...

Pete DeJoy was announced as Astronomer's interim CEO on Saturday following a kiss cam scandal involving his former boss.

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever recorded, according to new research.

Scientists observed the earliest signs of a new solar system forming around HOPS-315, revealing how planets emerge from dust ...

Stars of all ages and masses emit electromagnetic energy in different ways, and these emissions attract the attention of ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in ...

The globular cluster is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy that is approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The object – which goes by the formal designation 2023 KQ14 but is nicknamed ...