A faint radio "whisper" from ancient hydrogen reveals the universe was heating up long before it filled with starlight.

The winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 will be revealed live online on Sept. 11 and you can follow along for free thanks to a livestream hosted by the Royal Observatory ...

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized planet along for the ride.

Before the cosmos lit up with stars and galaxies, the universe passed through a dark, silent era. But new findings suggest ...

At first glance, it looks like an uneven smudge. But when astronomers enhanced the image, sharp edges appeared — two distinct ...

Scientists have blown stargazers’ collective minds after discovering a massive dark object in space that’s completely ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a colossal bridge of neutral hydrogen gas linking two dwarf galaxies, spanning an astonishing 185,000 light-years. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ...

Astronomy James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week Astronomy James Webb telescope's ...

Alfred University Assistant Astronomy Professor Connor Robinson recently lectured at the European Southern Observatory Headquarters outside of Munich, Ger., on a proposal to be submitted to NASA for ...

Call it a nuclear moonshot: The U.S. aims to deliver a reactor to the lunar surface and beat a push by China and Russia to do the same. In August, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the ...

If it pans out, it’s a big deal. Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration caused a stir last week when they announced they had found potential signs of ancient microbial life on ...