Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby spiral galaxy known ...

A rare star reveals how the Universe's first stars exploded, helping explain the Milky Way’s outer halo and its unusual chemistry.

We went outside and I asked him to find the Big Dipper, the easily identifiable pattern of stars that make up a portion of the constellation Ursa Major. I reminded him that we could always see the Big ...

Astronomical spring began this past Friday morning, but even before then, there were and still are definite signs of spring in the March evening skies. One of the strongest is ...

It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star.

Discover the cosmic connection we all share with the universe through the exploration of the fact that we are literally made ...

Brown dwarfs get a bad rap in the stellar world, often labeled as "failed stars" for their inability to sustain nuclear fusion at their cores. The mass of these objects falls between planets and stars ...

Spread the loveOn the evening of March 18, 2026, skywatchers will be treated to a spectacular cosmic display as the asteroid Iris approaches a background star, creating the illusion of a double star.

Hundreds of mysterious objects have appeared in images captured by the Webb space telescope. The curious dots could reshape scientists’ understanding of the cosmos.

Once unfathomable, the milestone of a single company having 10,000 satellites operating overhead signals that the era of mega ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a dramatic cosmic crash unfolding around a distant star. While reviewing archived ...

After sunset on 20 March, look up to catch the earthshine, when the unlit face of the moon will be faintly visible ...