At the end of September, Earth gained a temporary "mini moon," a tiny asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt orbiting the Sun ...

Recent research by a student-faculty team at Colgate University unlocks new clues that could radically change the world's ...

WOH G64 is 2,000 times the size of the sun and is 160,000 light-years distant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

In an article published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, new evidence suggests how supermassive black holes, with ...

Astronomers have stumbled upon a pair of massive black holes in a distant galaxy that are triggering unusual bursts of light. These bright emissions, which appear to peak on a regular cycle, may be ...

See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...

While astronomers have taken about two dozen zoomed-in images of stars in our galaxy, unveiling their properties, countless other stars dwell within other galaxies, so far away that observing even one ...

Scientists announced Thursday that they had taken the first zoomed-in image of a dying star beyond our galaxy. The star is ...

a researcher in radio astronomy at the University of Sydney, wrote in The Conversation. However, the origin of these space rocks is currently unclear. In the new study, uploaded Nov. 13 to the ...

Researchers have discovered three ultra-massive galaxies from the universe's first billion years, challenging existing models of star formation. These galaxies, identified with the James Webb Space ...

Reviewed by Lexie CornerNov 21 2024 A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics by INAF researchers examines 21 distant ...

Astronomers captured an unprecedented image of WOH G64, a red supergiant star in its final life stages, using advanced ...