Stargazing can stimulate an interest in space in kids and lead to a passion for science. But rural schools often lack the ...

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

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

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

The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into ...

Gaxiola, an astronomy graduate student at Georgia State University, has identified a large number of stars around which Earth ...

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the story of the nativity. Described in the Gospel of Matthew, the star guided ...

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

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

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

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

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.