Astronomers have discovered that a young galaxy was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole, in what was ...

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The GMTO Corporation, the international consortium building the Giant ...

"We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected," team leader Simone Scaringi of Durham ...

Professor Clemency Montelle has won the Agnes Mary Clerke Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society.The Agnes Mary Clerke ...

This year's Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award for early achievement in astronomy has been awarded to University of Warwick's Dr. Ingrid Pelisoli ...

Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground ...

Scholars widely agree that astronomy is a gateway science – that it inspires a core human interest in science among people of all ages, from senior citizens to schoolchildren. Helping young people tap ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is finding unexpectedly many "dead" galaxies in the early universe where no stars are forming.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -Patrons filed into Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University on Sunday to learn about ...

Astronomers at the University of Warwick have discovered that black holes don't just consume matter—they manage it, choosing ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

A research project by the University of Leeds and University of Cambridge is being used to teach Moonsighting to 38 Muslim ...