Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade ...

Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space ...

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

ESO estimates the complex will leak as much light pollution as a city with a population of about 20,000. Parts of the ...

A hidden structure that is 5000 degrees and moving was discovered inside the Earth's core. What do the past, present and ...

If we could go back 101 years, we would encounter a time when scientists still thought the Milky Way was the entirety of our ...