Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.

The answer, at first, is boring: it’s a simple no. But the reasons why you cannot are complex and varied – some come from the ...

In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals mysterious 'little red dots' in the distant universe, sparking new theories on ...

There is no dearth of vastness, secrets and rumours around the universe, that is the disc shaped or torus shaped cosmos.

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) — the world's largest visible- and infrared-light ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing ...

Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

Mathematicians have long categorized infinities into a hierarchy where some infinities are larger than others. For example, ...

According to new research, the earliest seeds of structures may have been laid down by gravitational waves sloshing around in ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...