A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, study finds
Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even...
Two McMaster astronomers have used recent deep imaging data from the James Webb Space Telescope to look 3.5 billion years...
The Earth is a wonderful blue and green dot covered with oceans and life, while Venus is a yellowish sterile...
In a hypothetical scenario, small, primordial black holes could be captured by newly forming stars. An international team, led by...
In November 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope observed a massive cluster of galaxies named MACS J0138.0-2155. Through an effect...
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...
