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Look up at the night sky with the naked eye and it may seem like it rarely changes. Yet the universe is in constant flux.

A star has already died. Its time as a star burning like the sun is over, and after spewing its outer material into space, ...

Ultra-detailed simulations are showing how the first stars lit up the dark Universe and seeded space with elements such as carbon, oxygen, and iron. The MEGATRON project could bridge JWST observations ...

NASA’s newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before. SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space ...

A second-generation planet might be orbiting a white dwarf, in an astronomy first, according to new research.

NASA is ready to explore the cosmos in a whole new way, thanks to its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Scientists and engineers have spent some twenty years designing and building ...

Planets without stars to orbit raise important questions about how planets evolve and what habitability might look like across the cosmos.

Sometimes the best discoveries are hiding in old data. By reviewing archival records from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers spotted a strange chemical signature around a white dwarf star named ...

Could black holes have planets? New research says yes, they could. New simulations suggest massive planets could form in the ...

NASA’s newest flagship astronomical observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, has been launched on a quest to solve ...

Earth seems like a troubled place right now, but at least our cosmic surroundings appear peaceful. This is not universally ...