Good news, everyone! Astronomers have pinpointed the best location on Earth for studying the stars. But if you’re an…

Nowhere is safe from light pollution, not even space. On Wednesday, astrophotographer Daniel López shared a photo he…

This first-of-its-kind image reveals a star system just 300 light-years from Earth. It was captured by the Very…

An international consortium has compiled the most comprehensive 3D map of the observable cosmos to date,…

Two years ago, astronomers watched in confusion as the corona of a supermassive black hole quickly faded from view,…

NASA hopes to launch the much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope from French Guiana on October 31, 2021, the…

You may have heard about Planet Nine—a hypothetical planet thought to exist in the outer reaches of the solar…

Comet NEOWISE has completed its close approach to the Sun and is now returning from whence it came. Visible comets…

An amateur astronomer in South Africa has detected a bright new surface feature rising above the cloud tops on…

An unusually bright star has gone missing, in a mystery of cosmic proportions.

Betelgeuse—a gigantic star in the final stages of its life—has been acting weird lately, exhibiting dramatic drops…

Black holes aren’t supposed to leak any light when they smash into each other—or at least that’s what physicists…

A team searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence has put together an Exotica Catalog, which lists every…

Astronomers are puzzling over observations that show a black hole smashing into a mystery object of unusual size.

Our solar system is an undeniably fascinating place, featuring an assortment of celestial oddities and wonders.…

A greenish-blue fireball streaked across the skies over Australia last night, in an event captured by awe-struck…

White supremacy is baked into science and academia, from racist language in textbooks to a culture that excludes…

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, have transfixed astronomers for over a decade, but their origin remains unclear. A newly…

Scientists have spent three decades trying to locate half of all the “normal” matter that’s supposed to exist in the…

Astronomers were abuzz last week following the discovery of an active asteroid in Jupiter’s orbit, in what was…