New discoveries help astronomers crack 1181 AD supernova mystery
The "zombie star" still holds some secrets
Astronomers detect strongest evidence yet of intermediate-mass black hole in far-off globular cluster
A serendipitous discovery courtesy of Hubble's high resolution and sensitivity
James Webb telescope's latest discovery: newborn stars emitting jets of gas in the same direction
The orbiting telescope keeps making significant scientific observations and discoveries
Astronomers witness ultrarare real-time formation of a supermassive black hole
A similar occurrence is possible at the center of the Milky Way
Astronomers discover potentially habitable Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light-years away
Gliese-12b is an ideal target for the James Webb Space Telescope
Hellish winds, liquid rock clouds and more discovered on this "hot Jupiter"
Although similar in size and mass to Jupiter, this planet's the stuff of nightmares
Astronomers gather additional evidence suggesting Planet Nine is real
Is there a hidden planet lurking in our solar system?
Mapping the cosmos: 3.2 gigapixel camera to scan southern sky for a decade
A majestic project to probe the universe and its enduring mysteries
Astronomers capture the most captivating and detailed image yet of the Milky Way's black hole
Polarized light reveals swirls of magnetic fields, replacing the blobs of radiation seen previously
The universe's brightest object eats the mass of the sun every day, astronomers say
17 billion times the mass of Earth's sun and 500 trillion times brighter
The Siena Galaxy Atlas details 400,000 nearby galaxies for everyone to navigate and explore
A new digital catalog of the night sky Charles Messier would be very proud of
Astronomers express concerns over light pollution from massive new satellite
BlueWalker 3 is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
A strange object in space has been blinking roughly once every half hour since 1988
Unlike any pulsar or magnetar yet observed by astronomers
Astronomers found a relatively close white dwarf crystalizing into a giant diamond
Discovery offers a glimpse of the ultimate fate of the universe
Astronomers witness a star in its final days devouring a giant planet
A short-lived optical outburst turned out to be a much more interesting cosmic event
New dark matter map confirms Einstein's theories about the universe
The Standard Model of cosmology is still safe, for now
Researchers say satellite radio signals can impede astronomy
Many astronomical observations depend on radio and infrared signals
Researchers identify twin exoplanets that may be the first water worlds
Located 218 light-years from Earth
Astronomers are finalizing a 3.2 gigapixel camera that'll map the sky over a decade
The camera will capture 20 terabytes of data every night for 10 years
Astronomers discover neutron star devouring its brown dwarf companion in "black widow" binary system
The pair of stars have a record-breaking orbital period of only one hour
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are interfering with ground-based astronomy
Starlink satellites are causing unwanted streaks in photos
The sixth monolithic mirror for the GMT has been cast and is now cooling
The Giant Magellan Telescope will be the most powerful optical device ever engineered
At 132 astronomical units, 'Farfarout' is the most distant object we've ever found in the solar system
For comparison, Pluto is only 39 astronomical units away