The mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's "little red dots" could be solved if they are not ancient galaxies but are entirely new celestial objects called "black hole stars." ...

A team of Pennsylvania State University researchers has a unique take on mysterious red dots first observed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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T urn your eyes to the east in the early morning hours of Sept. 16 to see the moon conspire with Jupiter and the bright stars of the Gemini constellation to create a lopsided rectangular formation in ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...

Pennsylvanians will likely need to bundle up this winter, since the Old Farmers Almanac is predicting that it will be a cold ...

This week, a rare planet parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will light up the early morning sky. A ...