In a groundbreaking discovery, a 2.35-billion-year-old lunar meteorite found in Africa in 2023 has unveiled fresh insights ...

Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can ...

Far beyond the warmth of our Sun, hidden beneath a dense orange haze, Saturn’s moon Titan holds secrets that defy imagination ...

Only a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...

Nestled atop Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Lowell Observatory has been a cornerstone of astronomical discovery since 1894 — and it’s still inspiring curiosity today.

The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic variable star, designated GOTO0650, which is in a rarely seen late ...

Previously described as playing astronomical "spot the difference," Kilonova Seekers asks the public to compare the latest ...

The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

This is the first time an object in its class has been detected in X-rays. The discovery could lead to a better understanding ...

Buried in the sweeping legislation is an $85 million provision to move NASA's most-flown spacecraft from the national ...

Astronomers have smashed the record for the largest-known cloud of energetic particles discovered surrounding a galactic cluster—and the find could shake up established physics. The cluster in ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun. CNN values your feedback 1.