The presence of another planet in the solar system could explain the odd movements of some of the bodies in the Kuiper Belt.

Using the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

Using the Subaru Telescope at Maunakea, Hawaii, the team discovered a “Dark Matter bridge” connecting Perseus to a subcluster ...

A rare and dramatic scene unfolds 140 light-years from Earth. A rocky planet, once whole, is now crumbling to dust under the ...

"The key planet-formation processes in protoplanetary disks remain an active matter of research. One promising mechanism to ...

It’s rare these days for astronomers to find a new class of object in the heavens. After all, we’ve been searching the skies ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?

Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...

A new survey of distant galaxies undertaken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of the "cosmic ...

The trio is a rarity—and when all of its unusual traits are considered together, it is unique.