The hunt for potentially habitable rocky planets in our galaxy has been the holy grail of exoplanet studies for decades.

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

"We found that hundreds of exoplanets are larger than they appear, and that shifts our understanding of exoplanets on a large ...

Astronomy Update is provided by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society and is compiled by Dr. Lauren Likkel.

From a silhouetted space station to glowing comet tails and swirling stars, this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the ...

Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive and previously unknown cloud of gas and dust in a quiet corner of our Milky Way galaxy.

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

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

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

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.