The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...

Speaking at a local restaurant, University of Virginia astronomers share the wonders of the universe, hard science and some ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

Chile's Vera Rubin observatory is named for the astronomer who changed the way we think about how galaxies move.

Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising ...

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to ...

Scientists Teleported Light for the First Time in History, Say It Could Done Across Galaxies Since the dawn of astronomy, light has been our time machine. What we see in the night sky is not just ...

Recently, astronomers have predicted that this process would create a supernova remnant with two separate shells rich in calcium. SNR 0509-67.5 has these two shells. In the image, they appear as blue.