A look at the enduring mystery of the ‘Star of Bethlehem’, exploring whether Jupiter, rare planetary alignments, comets or supernovae could explain the celestial event that has fascinated astronomers ...

In 1907, a wealthy Massachusetts astronomer managed to convince much of the country there was proof of life on Mars. Science ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

The search for the biblical Star of Bethlehem has long hovered between faith and astronomy, but a new claim from a NASA comet ...

Astronomers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, and the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the University of Montreal ...

Thanks to the space telescope, a team of astronomers detected with unprecedented precision two helium tails escaping from the exoplanet WASP-121b. This artistic ...

As the third rock from the sun approaches its shortest night of the year (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), Minnesotans ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, discovered a rapid explosion of matter around the supermassive black hole ...

Dust devils on Mars form when air near the warm surface heats up and rises through cooler surrounding air, causing nearby air ...

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic ...

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

Four UC Nobel laureates on what they discovered here, why it matters, and why their world-changing work could only have ...