Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation interfering with observations of the universe, ...

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

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

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...

The fifth planet, named L 98-59 f, is located in the star’s habitable zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist.

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...