On January 1, 1801, a Sicilian astronomer named Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres orbiting the sun between ...

Saturn has just pulled far ahead in the solar system’s moon race, with a fresh wave of detections pushing its tally to 274 ...

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10 ...

The new paper argues that, in SN 1181, the first phase of the supernova fizzled out and left behind an unusually active ...

Many stars die spectacularly when they explode as supernovae. During these violent explosions, they leave behind thick, ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

James Webb has spotted the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding just 730 million years after the Big Bang, offering ...

The month brings a strong lineup of celestial sights, including a supermoon, meteor activity, and several close moon-planet ...

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

Hubble has captured stunning images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing twin wobbling jets, offering rare insight into ...