For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our ...

Speaking at a local restaurant, University of Virginia astronomers share the wonders of the universe, hard science and some ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community ...

You’ve likely heard both terms – astronomy and astrology – used when we talk about the sky, stars, and planets. But did you know they are not the same and are completely different sciences? In this ...

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

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

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

Women and ethnic-minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in UK astronomy and geophysics, with the fields ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to ...

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...

International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory ...

New findings about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal its surprising size, possible thick disk origin, and what makes it ...