Measuring the Hubble constant, the rate at which the universe is expanding, is an active area of research among astronomers...
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, the closest...
The discovery of a “weird” and unprecedented galaxy in the early universe could “help us understand how the cosmic story...
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one...
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe...
A comet is expected to risk having its tail clipped on Friday by flying perilously close to the sun, promising...
Earth will capture a miniature, “second moon” this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny...
In a surprise finding, astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive...
Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects―the most detailed one...
Quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe and are powered by material accreting onto supermassive black holes at...
An international group of researchers including University of Arizona astronomers, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has observed the atmosphere...
A Doppler shift is defined as a change of frequency of light or sound when an object is moving toward...
