The Epoch of Reionization — the universe’s last major transition — may have happened earlier than previously thought.

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

Edwin Hubble, a renowned astronomer, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. He proved the existence of galaxies ...

“From an understanding of the universe right now, this phase in the evolution of ... conducted research at the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, in the astronomy and physics fields. “I ...

“Binary stars play a huge role in our universe,” says lead author Steffani Grondin, a graduate student in the David A. Dunlap ...

For the first time, astronomers have captured a close-up image of a dying star beyond our Milky Way. This milestone, achieved by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer ...

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 ...

The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered ...

Scientists said Thursday they have taken the first ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

Hofmann (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany [MPIfR]), G ... enables scientists worldwide to discover the ...