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

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

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

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

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

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

Betelgeuse needs no introduction. Besides having its name borrowed by the ghost with the most, this 10-million-year-old red ...

The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according researchers ...

Astronomers believe they have captured an image of a planet in the act of forming, something that has never before been ...

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

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

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...