Astronomers are closing in on a result so statistically secure that, in their language, it borders on certainty: a 99.9999999 ...

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the Sun.

The findings are courtesy of the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) array, which is an optical ...

For around a year now, the Sidewalk Astronomers have been meeting regularly in D.C. to show people that gazing at the stars ...