The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

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

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

A Jupiter-like planet has been found orbiting a young sun-like star in a solar system far away in what is a potentially groundbreaking discovery. The planet, named WISPIT 2b, is believed to be a 5 ...

But the newly discovered supernova, dubbed SN 2021yfj, displayed a startling different chemical signature containing silicon, ...

Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of ...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for one of the star’s enduring mysteries.

Throughout the Earth’s precessional cycle, different stars serve as a pole star, including Thuban, Kochab, Polaris, and Vega.

Scientists have gotten a rare peek into a dying star, exposing its interior as it exploded. The most massive stars go out ...

During the observatory’s scans of the night sky in 2017, a burst of radio energy as bright as the brightest exploding star — or supernova — as seen from Earth appeared in a dwarf star ...

Griffith Observatory will soon host another popular Public Star Party, a galactically good get-together, which takes place just outside the Griffith Park landmark.

The Lone Star Observatory It may be Oklahoma, but this amateur-built observatory is all Texas.