Scientists have long speculated that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is not alone. Now, thanks to ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Astronomers have finally imaged the long theorized companion star of Betelgeuse, solving a mystery regarding its dimming that ...

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

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Stars of all ages and masses emit electromagnetic energy in different ways, and these emissions attract the attention of ...

As NASA reports, two astronomers working with raw Webb data the space agency periodically makes available to researchers, ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...