Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

The presence of oxygen suggests that galaxies formed more quickly than expected in the early days of the universe.

At the heart of this cosmic countdown is the Blaze Star, or T Coronae Borealis—a binary star system nestled within the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever observed, JADES-GS-z14-0, shaking up our understanding of ...

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...

Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever observed, marking humanity's farthest-known discovery of oxygen.

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star - one of our closest stellar neighbors - ...

Named 2024 YR4, it was estimated to be between 40m and 90m across, with the potential to cause massive damage if it hit a populated area of the planet. The chances of that happening, however, seemed ...

Astronomers were taken by surprise on Thursday after detecting oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever discovered, providing ...