Images from two different telescopes give astronomers a glimpse at the formation of a "new" planetary system around a star ...

Astronomers have detected a variety of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, ...

However, they are the most distant star clusters that have been resolved with spectroscopic data so far, and this exquisite resolution enabled Mowla et al. to investigate these sparkles in great ...

The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, ...

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." ...

These best-yet images of the nearby star R Doradus show giant plasma bubbles 75 times bigger than our sun rising and sinking on its surface. (Image credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemmings et al ...

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.