"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

WISPIT 2b, a gas giant forming around a young Sun-like star, has been directly imaged for the first time inside a spectacular ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Renowned experimental physicist, Nobel laureate and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, ...

Stars have layers like onions, according to theory. The layers are made of different elements, progressing from light to ...

This faint comet requires a large scope, but its proximity to a 5th-magnitude star in Corona Borealis will help you find it.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured imagery of dynamic star-forming region NCG 346 within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC ...

Theories on planet formation are extensive, but evidence is sometimes lacking. It has now been observed how an exoplanet ...

Archaeologists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a stone carving that appears to be an ancient map of the stars.

New ALMA observations reveal that the discs where planets form are often slightly warped, challenging long-held assumptions and offering clues about the subtle misalignments seen in our own Solar ...

An international team including University of Galway astronomers has discovered WISPIT 2b—a newly forming gas giant embedded ...

Astronomers have captured an astonishing scene of a planet's birth for the first time. This image showcases a dust disk ...