The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...

Earth’s shadow will block most of the light that illuminates the lunar surface, creating what is known as a blood moon. By Katrina Miller By signing deals with India’s two biggest telecom ...

We need to think more carefully about how we categorise the universe, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known ...

Recently, astronomers have been puzzled by an unknown type of cosmic radio signal. A new breakthrough has finally traced one ...

An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

Astronomy and astrophysics are the study of objects and phenomena that are found beyond our solar system. This combines theoretical simulations and observation with both terrestrial and space ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern latitudes).

"Astronomy is the bridge between life on Earth and everything else happening in the universe, whether it be our Moon, the sun, or an ancient galaxy billions of light-years away," Brian Lada, a ...

A local astronomy group gathered Friday evening to see the "Parade of the Planets". The Astronomy Club of Augusta gave dozens of stargazers the opportunity to see the rare celestial event.

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Just three years ago, on Dec. 25, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope launched to tremendous fanfare, non-stop news articles, and presentations packed with scientists and non-scientists wondering wha ...