"This result marks a turning point: instead of just detecting these mysterious flashes, we can now see exactly where they're ...

A team of astronomers led by Dr. Phil Massey of Lowell Observatory has taken the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest ...

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

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to ...

A team of astronomers has traced one of the universe’s most powerful explosions—classified as a Fast X-ray Transient—back to a time when the cosmos was only 1.8 billion years old. The event, named ...

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of ...

When people picture space, they often imagine endless black emptiness dotted with planets and stars. But new research shows ...

(THE CONVERSATION) For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the ...

In this exclusive interview, the lead researchers behind the discovery explain how NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted ...

Targeted SETI approach listens for alien radio 'spillover' during planetary alignments, using Earth's deep space ...

At just about 10 km (6 miles) in diameter, S/2025 U1 is incredibly small as far as moons go; it’s so tiny that Voyager 2, ...

When the James Webb Space Telescope first came online in 2022, it immediately spotted something astronomers had never seen ...