"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

Recent discoveries by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have confirmed the presence of water ...

Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered ...

Recently, astronomers have detected an unusual spacecraft-sized object near Jupiter, sparking curiosity and debate within the ...

The first JWST survey of 3I/ATLAS revealed more of the comet’s surprising characteristics, helping astronomers gain a clearer ...

The brightest fast radio burst ever detected could help reveal what celestial source causes the mysterious signals and if ...

Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is leading the search for the most tantalizing ...

Astronomers have imaged a huge expanding bubble of gas and dust surrounding a red supergiant star — the largest such bubble ...

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

Using a cutting-edge adaptive optics system developed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, a growing planet ...

Images taken with the MIRI infrared camera on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made it possible to observe the ...

Scientists’ model indicates that dark matter inside gas giants could collapse into black holes detectable by observation.