Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...

An ultra-deep image from the National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a wide variety of galaxies in the ...

Despite the name, a planetary alignment isn’t when the planets get in a row, it’s when a fair few gather on one side of the ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its flight.

The Blue Ghost lunar mission has captured a gorgeous image of Earth as it ramps up its journey toward the moon.

Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.

Astrophotographers use sophisticated imaging technology to take and edit photographs that bring us the cosmos with startling ...

A rare celestial event, where six planets will align in the night sky and be seen with the naked eye, will unfold in the next ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest ...