The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long survey to scan the entire night sky every three days. To do this, it ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

Armillary rings emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries during the birth of the scientific revolution and rise of astronomy ...

It came from another star and passed through our solar system at impossible speed. Astronomers scrambled to study it, but it ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object ...

In a new study, a team of astronomers report that they have captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a red supergiant before it exploded. Using JWST 's powerful infrared vision, the researchers ...

Discover why stars twinkle at night! Learn how Earth’s atmosphere bends starlight, why planets shine steadily and explore ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

The low carbon levels are particularly interesting, as previously discovered “pristine” or metal-poor stars generally ...