The new galaxy, because of how far away it is, looks to observers exactly as it did when it was first created 3 billion years ...

“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

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

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

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

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

With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's ...

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.

Baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs) – the “sound of the Big Bang” – support the idea of a local void. Gabriela Secara, ...

A mysterious glow on Saturn, captured by amateur astronomer Mario Rana on July 5, 2025, has ignited excitement. The footage ...

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