The South Pole Telescope has released its most precise image yet of the universe’s first light—the cosmic microwave background. This new ground-based data confirms cosmic expansion anomalies and ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

While it may surprise many, Delhi holds hidden gems for stargazers. From peaceful observatories to secret suburban skies, ...

Throw a ball up into the air and it begins to slow immediately after leaving your hand, reaching some height before falling ...

"Very massive stars are like the 'rock stars' of the universe — they are powerful, and they live fast and die young." ...

New observations support the idea that hot, diffuse threads of gas called cosmic filaments connect clusters of galaxies ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...

A stronomers have finally found evidence for a proposed mechanism for a special kind of supernova, known as a Type Ia ...

Orbiting its star in an elliptical path at less than half the distance between Earth and the Sun, this exoplanet offers a ...

Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to ...

An asteroid has been named in honour of a Victorian woman astronomer whose pioneering work at the University of Cambridge has been uncovered more than 100 years later.

In an extraordinary leap forward for astrophysics, astronomers have achieved a momentous breakthrough with the first direct ...