We are working our way through some of the astronomical objects in the constellation Orion. Of all of them, my proudest ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

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

Uncover the mysteries of galaxies with Rutgers University's new findings on Leo P, a small galaxy that started and stopped ...

Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

The Universe really seems to be expanding fast. Too fast, even. A new measurement confirms what previous -- and highly debated -- results had shown: The Universe is expanding faster than predicted by ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...

One of the most distant and, thus, earliest star-killing supernovas ever seen has been discovered by astronomers with the ...