The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

On the evening of February 28, stargazers will witness a rare celestial event: an alignment of seven planets visible ...

Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

James Webb Space Telescope has shown new views of the universe that has previously remained inaccessible. Located at Lagrange ...

This is called the “heat death” of the Universe, but you can think of it instead as the death of heat. There will be no more ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

Astronomers have made new discoveries about young star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the James Webb ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to ...

Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

During February to June 2024, we carried out four surveys regarding the likely existence of basic, complex and intelligent ...