It is Betelgeuse and for hundreds of years astronomers have puzzled why its twinkle grows lighter and then dimmer over time.

Incredible images reveal the moment a new planet begins to sculpt spirals of dust and gas around its home star, located over 440 light-years from Earth.

In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

"We will never witness the formation of Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light-years away, we may be watching a planet come into existence in real time." ...

Though invisible, dark matter has a strong pull on space. Its presence bends spacetime, changing the paths of light nearby.

Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation," Leo wrote on X.

Using the European Space Agency’s Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) telescope, a team of astronomers ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...

"Whether you want to explore dark energy, dying stars, galactic powerhouses, or probably even entirely new things we’ve never ...