Astronomers have witnessed something that no one believed possible: a black hole ripping apart a star not at the center of a ...

The first double-burst supernova ever observed, SNR 0509, is a historic discovery that reveals how white dwarfs explode in ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after the Victorian stargazer, who studied the skies for 25 years ...

For the study, the researchers modeled the influence of “flux ropes,” which are relatively smaller, tornado-like spirals of ...

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole far from the center of a galaxy where it ought to be giving off bright ...

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA's US$10 ...

While Loeb is known for making some controversial claims and predictions in the past, he is still a very respected astronomer ...

Japanese scientists simulated faint 21-centimeter radio waves from the Universe’s “Dark Ages,” offering a potential way to ...

Planet Y has not been directly observed, but its influence is apparent. Researchers studied roughly 50 icy objects beyond Neptune and found unexpected orbital inclinations.