A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our...
An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) and involving the University of Bonn has...
Like a celestial beacon, distant quasars make the brightest light in the universe. They emit more light than our entire...
A team of astrophysicists led by Lauren Weiss, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University...
The James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on...
Why are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial vacuums grow
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars...
A study published today (Dec. 15) in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics reveals the discovery of two new planetary systems...
Two galaxies in the early universe, which contain extremely productive star factories, have been studied by a team of scientists...
Astronomers at the University of Toronto have discovered a population of massive stars that have been stripped of their hydrogen...
Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars, since they form like stars through gravitational collapse, but never gain enough mass...
Objects in space reveal different aspects of their composition and behavior at different wavelengths of light. Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A...
