Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Astronomers have used a novel technique to find evidence of a secret "buddy" star orbiting Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

A team of astronomers have made a fascinating discovery that forces us to rethink our understanding of how dead stars behave.

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

New data from DES and DESI surveys show something strange. The force called dark energy might be shifting with time.

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Images from two different telescopes give astronomers a glimpse at the formation of a "new" planetary system around a star ...

A team of astronomers led by Macquarie University has monitored the orbital decay of an extreme exoplanet to gain new ...

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 ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

The findings confirm a long-standing theory first proposed in the early 1900s. More importantly, it sheds new light on how ...

Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant until a star passes by.