The size and spin of black holes can reveal important information about how and where they formed, according to new research.

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...

New models reveal Pluto and Charon may have spent some of their early history locked together in an embrace after a grazing collision.

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of 44 individual stars in a gorgeous portrait of a distant galaxy.

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.

Prof. Wendy Freedman, one of world’s leading cosmologists, has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the country’s ...

Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms. That means that a good deal ...

The search for planets beyond our solar system has taken an exciting leap forward, thanks to advancements in space missions ...