For this, astronomers used two facilities: the Submillimeter Array (SMA), CfA's eight-dish collection of radio telescopes in ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

With some creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope, Canadian researchers are now able to study two young planets as ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Lunar: A history of the moon in myths, maps and matter tells the story of the coexistence between humanity and the celestial ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for the fastest-moving exoplanet system, nearly ...