Stars that pass by our solar system have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and, by extension,...
What’s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer...
A study led by Western astrobiologist Catherine Neish shows the subsurface ocean of Titan—the largest moon of Saturn—is most likely...
Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured its first glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have been surprised...
In our most basic understanding of our solar system, planets are drawn into the orbit of our massive star, the...
Two astrophysicists from the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have finally solved a...
The Subaru Telescope has spotted the terminal ends of dark matter filaments in the Coma cluster stretching across millions of...
Cosmic dust—like dust on Earth—comprises groupings of molecules that have condensed and stuck together in a grain. But the exact...
When spectacular cosmic events such as galaxy collisions occur, it sets off a reaction to form new stars, and possibly...
Scientists working with the powerful telescopes at Georgia State’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array have completed a...
Ordinarily, planets in evolved planetary systems, such as the solar system, follow stable orbits around their central star. However, many...
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way is spinning so quickly it is warping the spacetime...
