Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of...
An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of a...
Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time,...
New results from OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths,...
For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical...
Supernovae appear to our eyes—and to astronomical instruments—as brilliant flashes that flare up in the sky without warning, in places...
In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to...
New research led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has confirmed decades-old theoretical models of magnetic reconnection, the process that releases...
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) review of data collected from near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu supports the hypothesis that they...
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another...
Astronomers have discovered a remarkably clumpy rotating galaxy that existed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, shedding new...
In a study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, an international team of astronomers has uncovered for the first time the...
