A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to ...

Astronomy is the study of stars, planets and the vast space beyond Earth. Every so often, scientists spot an event so unusual that it challenges what we think we know about the universe. Among ...

At Armagh Observatory, Italian-born astronomer Dr. Stefano Bagnulo shares his lifelong passion for astronomy, his ...

New insights are emerging into one of astronomy’s most perplexing signals. An international research team led in part by ...

Mock observations test the performance of the Chinese Space Station Telescope as the 2-meter-class observatory moves closer ...

Researchers have reported new experimental results addressing the origin of rare proton-rich isotopes heavier than iron, ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation.

The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its clearest view yet of a supermassive black hole's immediate surroundings, ...

Black holes in the early Universe appear to have grown far faster than scientists once believed. Astronomers have long struggled to explain how black holes became enormous so early in the Universe’s ...

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope snapped its sharpest image of the area around a black hole, solving a long-standing galactic ...