One of the greatest mysteries the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was developed to investigate was the birth of ...

In Egypt, astronomers described the solstice as the peak of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, with daylight lasting around ...

By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard ...

Learn how Mount Wilson Observatory was founded on Dec. 20, 1904, the people involved, and the decisions that shaped early modern astronomy ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance of seeing this shower. The moon ...

Animation of the findings by researchers who used time-delay cosmography to independently confirm that the universe’s current ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, will swing closest to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday ...

3I/ATLAS has now made its closest approach to the sun and Earth and is now heading back out toward the outer solar system. On ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. Here's how you can track its progress both during ...

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...

How galaxies assemble their stars and grow over billions of years remains one of the central questions in astronomy. Recent ...

Decentralized physical infrastructure connects independently operated telescopes into a coordinated observing network ...