"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

Donald G. York, an astronomer with the University of Chicago who helped revolutionize the field as a co-founder of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and made pioneering contributions to the study of the ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where ...

With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have spotted the most powerful "odd radio circle" (ORC) yet. The discovery could give astronomers a better understanding of how these unusual objects — ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

Using Webb’s advanced instruments, scientists discovered that the little red dots are young black holes wrapped in gas. View ...

For more than three months, a pair of observatories, positioned on either side of the Sun, managed to track an active region ...

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s essential elements through the galaxy may be incomplete. Starlight pushing on gra ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, ...