Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have produced a spectacular infrared image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5134.

A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is giving astronomers a rare glimpse ...

Astronomers have captured the first views of a young sun-like star blowing bubbles, offering a rare glimpse at how our solar ...

NASA astronomers have detected a 200-AU-wide X-ray-emitting bubble around the young Sun-like star HD 61005. The powerful ...

Supercomputer simulations identify stellar rotation as the mechanism driving chemical mixing in red giants, explaining long-observed surface composition changes during stellar evolution.

New research using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope examines the maximum sizes of gas giant exoplanets, measuring chemical compositions and formation processes in the HR 8799 system.

NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye. It’s ...

One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be preparing to explode. A study led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National ...

When we look up at the night sky, most of us see the same patterns of stars that the ancient […] ...

Tuesday, March 3, is when the full Worm Moon wriggles its way into the night sky. It's also the date of a total lunar eclipse ...

Two aging stars in the binary system AFGL 4106 sculpt a glowing, egg-shaped nebula as they approach the end of their lives. Astronomers have captured a spectacular scene of two ageing stars sculpting ...

In July 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in the radio data she was receiving at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. Together with her Ph.D. advisor Antony Hewish, she zeroed ...