The outline of the cosmic simian's mouth and face are sculpted from a colossal cloud of molecular dust located some 500 light ...

On Oct. 13, 1773, Charles Messier spotted the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) for the first time. Writing of it a few months later, he ...

Scientists found unusual sulfur in moon samples from Apollo 17. The discovery reveals new clues about the Moon’s ancient ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

Don't miss the moon, Jupiter and the stars of the constellation Orion rise along the southern horizon on Oct. 12.

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Astronomers studying the supermassive black hole M87*, a behemoth six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun, have uncovered a new way these cosmic monsters unleash their power.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

Renowned Chinese science fiction writer Liu Cixin is accustomed to suspending his disbelief to appreciate surreal scenes in ...

Astronomers have taken their clearest look yet at how some of the biggest stars in our galaxy are born—and it turns out the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has changed the game for planet hunters. Recent readings found what look like the first clues ...