A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Greek astronomer Dimitrios Psaltis was instrumental in the gigantic effort to take mankind's first-ever image of a black hole ...

That's according to University of Oxford professor Stephen Smartt, who has revealed what '2024 YR4' is truly capable of. The asteroid was first discovered by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact ...

Sunday with Steven Rainey Professor of Astrophysics Carole Haswell- Asteroid 2024 Professor of Astrophysics Carole Haswell explains the threat of Asteroid 2024. 15 mins ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars ...

Only 14 nominations received by the committee were awarded this honor, including Freedman. Freedman, UChicago’s John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics, spoke with ...

The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, suggest that these massive, disk-shaped galaxies were completely ...

If you look up at the sky tonight, you may catch a glimpse of a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse will light up the sky over the Western Hemisphere and ...

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz has been named a recipient of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s (RCSA) Robert Holland Jr ...