In an exciting new study published in Nature Astronomy, astronomers have unveiled unexpected findings from the XRISM ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy." ...

Megaconstellations” of vast numbers of satellites could threaten space-based astronomy, scientists have warned. In recent years, companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX have launched thousands of new ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

For around a year now, the Sidewalk Astronomers have been meeting regularly in D.C. to show people that gazing at the stars ...