Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera Rubin Observatory could be about to ...

A newly formed planet may have been discovered by astronomers after identifying what seems to be a gas giant in a ...

Standing in front of a giant projected bar graph, he solemnly explained the possible fate of the world's most powerful eye on the sun: . If Co ...

The game-changing Vera Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

On 23 June, a new chapter in astronomy begins as the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile unveils its first images of the universe. Register now to join the watch party at Sonnenborgh in Utrecht ...

How the pioneering scientist, and namesake of an enormous new telescope, forced astronomers to rethink the universe.

A team of scientists accidentally visualized a hidden spiral in the Oort Cloud, and it might change everything we know about ...

Astronomers have pulled off an unprecedented feat: detecting ultra-faint light from the Big Bang using ground-based ...

Astronomers have found what appears to be a new planet forming around a young star, offering one of the clearest glimpses yet ...

A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA's James ...

For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars ...