Strange interstellar object hurtling towards Earth has now grown a tail, astronomers say - Comet travelling on an orbit that would carry it back into interstellar space ...

Yet much of the dust endures, likely cocooned by protective cooler gas pockets, according to the statement. Observing these ...

Dr. Gregory Feiden, a University of North Georgia (UNG) professor of astronomy, and his research group have spent the past ...

"We were excited to see the growth of the tail, suggesting a change in the particles from the previous Gemini images." ...

Astronomers discovered a rare ultra-massive white dwarf forged in a stellar smash-up and unmasked only by Hubble’s ...

New research has unveiled the potential for an atmosphere around an Earth -sized planet located approximately 40 light-years ...

Ph.D. candidate Anthony Englert GS observed a light bridge between two galaxies in local galaxy cluster Abell 3667.

Astronomers have directly spotted a rare young planet, WISPIT 2b, still forming within the gap of a dusty ringed disk around ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime ...

Growth in satellites and debris will make the whole sky brighter and more difficult to study. Image credits: Rafael Schmall / NOIRLab, CC BY In the clear skies of the Chilean desert, astronomers used ...

An interest in astronomy may strike early in life or later. Regardless of what lit the fire of that interest, you need ...