Recently, astronomers have detected a repeating phenomenon of laser-like bursts emanating from a distant galaxy, sparking ...

A possible asteroid impact on Saturn—the first ever captured on video—has set off a wave of investigation across the ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

"This explosion gave off more energy in a few seconds than the sun will over its entire life." Astronomers have used a newly ...

WISPIT 2b, a gas giant forming around a young Sun-like star, has been directly imaged for the first time inside a spectacular ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Astronomers have unraveled the mystery of a bright celestial object that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Middle Earth.

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

Scientists were surprised when they found a little dot nestled near a nearby galaxy turned out to be something bright, ...