"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...

Aug. 7 (UPI) --NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the solar system closest to Earth, the administration announced Thursday. The Alpha ...

Astronomers have witnessed a star's dramatic demise near a spinning black hole, offering unprecedented insights into Einstein ...

This artist’s concept shows stars, black holes, and nebula laid over a grid representing the fabric of space-time. Ripples in this fabric are called gravitational waves. The NANOGrav collaboration ...

"The idea that the government is keeping something like this secret is just totally absurd. There's no motivation to do so." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The comparison of near-IR dust scattered light (SPHERE IRDIS J-band imaging polarimeter; Thalmann et al. 2016) and ALMA millimeter dust rings (the three gray ellipses) in the LkCa 15 disk. The inner ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope say they have detected the “strongest evidence yet” that life exists outside our solar system. Scientists at the University of Cambridge found signs of ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the first asteroid belt seen outside of our solar system and unveiled some cosmic surprises along the way. The space observatory focused on ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found compelling evidence of a thick atmosphere surrounding an ...

James Webb Space Telescope confirms the first runaway supermassive black hole in the Cosmic Owl galaxy, observing its tail and bow shock, providing direct evidence of black hole ejection during galaxy ...

Astronomers have discovered evidence of a theorized type of black hole lurking in the distant universe. Known as an “Outsize Black Hole,” this object could help explain some fundamental cosmic ...

Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere. The scientists have found evidence of liquid water deep in its outer crust, ...