WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

“Whether it is real or not, it is 100 percent NOT Planet Nine,” Brown says. “Planet Nine is a prediction based on inferred ...

There wasn't a lot of gold and it didn't last long, but the results are still impressive. For centuries, alchemists dreamed ...

Sophisticated computational models let us examine objects such as supernova remnants in extraordinary detail and from every angle.

The president’s proposed budget includes major cuts to NASA — among them, the elimination of funding for the Nancy Grace ...

We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature—one of the invisible threads that keeps ...

Astronomers have developed a groundbreaking computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the interstellar medium (ISM) -- the vast ocean of gas and charged ...

"This shocking result means that we now need to revisit the very foundations of everything we know about cosmology," said the reseachers.

The world is steadily moving toward seamless, global connectivity through satellite constellations. Small satellites—weighing ...

W hen astronomers first spotted Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1, it caused a little excitement. The group of stars at the edge of the ...

When Lungelo Zondi first learnt about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamt of having a live feed ...

Using the Spektr-RG (SRG) space observatory, astronomers from the Russian Academy of Sciences have investigated dozens of ...