Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets orbiting the star PDS 70. These "baby planets" are surrounded by dust rings ...

Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit this week on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million ...

When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. But as Sarah Wild discovers, its ...

The inauguration of the Panchet Hill Observatory marked a significant milestone for astronomical research in eastern India.

By using advanced telescope technology and hundreds of hours of observation, astronomers have captured the most detailed image yet, bringing us closer to decoding the evolution of galaxies and the ...

India’s MACE telescope has detected a gamma-ray flare from a distant quasar, marking a breakthrough in cosmic observation. The burst, originating from quasar OP 313 (B2 1308+326), is 8 billion ...

However, the Webb telescope observations allow researchers to understand what kind of “storms” are created when matter is compressed and heated as it is drawn toward the black hole.

is that XRT 200515 could be an entirely new kind of astronomical phenomenon — a likelihood that scientists hope to soon weave out with future telescope observations. "This discovery reminds us ...

Researchers and students from the University of Würzburg are tracking asteroids with a telescope on the Hubland Campus. The measurements are very ...

An artist’s illustration depicts the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. It’s surrounded by a swirling accretion disk of hot gas and dust ...