A team of astronomers has detected a mysterious “heartbeat” signal originating from deep space, capturing the attention of ...

Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighboring stars for the first time ...

Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

Researchers have been trying to explain this bizarre radio signal for decades. A new study hones in on its potential source.

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and fade from view, but astronomers were left baffled when a star that had ...

An automated system co-developed by SpaceX prevents disruption to radio astronomical observations caused by ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Astronomers captured a glimpse of the innermost layers of a massive star before it exploded in a supernova, changing their ...

A cosmic jet aimed at Earth reveals how blazars hurl particles to extreme energies, solving a long-standing mystery.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to ...

Astronomers have unraveled the mystery of a bright celestial object that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Middle Earth.

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.