The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a ...

Kristin Cabot recently left her role as Chief People Officer at Astronomer. This happened shortly after the CEO also departed ...

A new study suggests the universe might collapse in 20 billion years. This challenges the idea of endless expansion.

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

The fact that Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky over Earth, visible with the naked eye, has made it one of ...

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the initial stages of a solar system's formation around a distant star, HOPS-315.

Astronomers have discovered a new baby planet, twice the size of Neptune, forming around star HD 135344B, reshaping its surrounding dust disk.

Until now, astronomers have detected fully formed, massive, newborn planets or observed younger protoplanetary discs, but ...

There’s a visitor in town, and its name is 3I/ATLAS. The presumed interstellar comet presents a rare opportunity for ...

Scientists have long speculated that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is not alone. Now, thanks to ...

Stars of all ages and masses emit electromagnetic energy in different ways, and these emissions attract the attention of ...

Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection ...