Mark your calendar -- you can catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time.

Since its launch in late 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been glimpsing some of the earliest epochs of cosmic ...

Webb's Near-Infrared Camera view shows at least two or three distinct outflows of gas — jets stretching in different ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.

In a former cattle field in rural central Texas, a startup called Starfront has quietly built what it claims is the world’s ...

A gas giant the size of Jupiter, yet even heavier and denser, has captured the attention of astronomers across the world.

Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...

Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

There's plenty to see in the night sky in August 2025, ranging from planetary conjunctions to spotting the Dumbbell Nebula.

A recent deep-sea discovery has captured the attention of scientists and marine life enthusiasts, as a telescope fish has been observed in abyssal zones, in total darkness. These t ...