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" ...

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 years to ...

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

M87, a prominent galaxy in the Virgo cluster, gained fame after the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the first image of ...

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

A central finding of the research showed that surface changes in starspots on XX Trianguli do not follow sun-like magnetic ...