A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet atmospheres: ...

Research findings are available online in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. The original story “ For the first time, ...

Fifteen years after Western astronomers first discovered "buckyballs" in space (soccer ball-shaped molecules that resemble a ...

In February 2025, Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission and China Manned Space Agency signed a ...

The legendary James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new gem: a planet, similar to Jupiter, located several light-years ...

Western University researchers have released a striking new image of the planetary nebula Tc 1, offering fresh insight into ...

Astronomers knew 3I/ATLAS wasn’t a local comet not long after first spotting it in July 2025. As only the third interstellar ...

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Antarctic Search for Transiting ...

Slated to be the longest public holiday of 2026, Eid Al Adha is due to arrive at the end of May and provide a bumper long ...

Astronomers have uncovered a Jupiter-like world that likely carries the distinct aroma of urine. An international team, using ...

Using the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi have precisely measured the age of a nearby Sun-like star and its unusual companion, known as a brown dwarf, an ...

For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole. The jet ...