An international collaboration of physicists has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and ...

The universe is full of events and elements that are still unknown. The unknowns are innumerable, but little by little some ...

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth in a discovery that could revolutionise our ...

Stars come in many forms, but some types are so rare that only a handful exist in our galaxy. For example, O-type stars ...

The Cat's Eye Nebula, officially known as NGC 6543, is not only among the most intricate planetary nebulae observed in space, ...

Astronomers have found a neutron star that spins 716 times per second. This changes things for astronomers. What they thought ...

A NASA satellite has helped scientists trace the main power source of a weird, switching pulsar named J1023 to a fast, particle packed wind smashing into nearby gas. The crucial clue is that X-ray ...

An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is nicknamed the "Skull Nebula," but some astronomers call it the "Pac-Man Nebula." ...

Artist's concept of a red giant star and white dwarf orbiting one another. When the red giant moves behind the white dwarf, a nova explosion on the white dwarf ignites. (Photo Credit: NASA Goddard ...

WASHINGTON — The Orionid meteor shower will put on a cosmic show in the night sky this week, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids will peak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...

NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The panels show visible-light (left) and ultraviolet (right) images, ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...