S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets ...

As 3I/ATLAS is presently fascinating space enthusiasts, researchers say that such interstellar objects may act as planetary ...

A distant supernova exposed elements from a star’s core. The result reshapes ideas of how massive stars evolve. According to long-standing theory, stars are built in layers like onions, with each ...

Travel the universe from your seat with our picks from the annual ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Writer Kirsten Beyer discusses developing the new scripted podcast 'Star Trek: Khan, which explores the backstory of the ...

Some planets may be soot-rich rather than water-based. Atmosphere studies will be key to understanding their true nature.

The James Webb Space Telescope caught the birth of an enormous star with particle beams cutting across a stretch of ...

Bryce Gilmore has decommitted from Arkansas, as he's the No. 172 overall prospect and No. 13 offensive tackle in the 2026 ...

The fossil was dated to the Triassic period, between 252 and 201 million years ago. This specific fossil is about 241 million years old, making it 3 to 7 million years older than any lepidosaur found ...

Recent scientific research has unearthed an intriguing proposition that Earth may have once been orbited by two moons instead ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...