Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of KiDS J0842+0059, a rare, ancient galaxy that has remained virtually unchanged for ...

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers have identified a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy ...

NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible changes that could help scientists better predict potentially dangerous ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a ...

A mysterious new world has been spotted at the galaxy's edge, sparking excitement among astronomers, and its all thanks to a ...

Matter in intergalactic space is not randomly scattered - it forms a vast network of filamentary structures that make up the ...

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.