Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of our galaxy might be more suitable for life than others ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

Across the galaxy, astronomers now see that planetary systems fall into four broad classes, and our own solar system, part of the rare Ordered group, is only one of them. At the same time, discoveries ...

It’s December, and we’re in our darkest month. It is also now meteorological winter — the name given to the coldest three ...

'If it's a heartbeat, then those aliens are really, really, super chill.' ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

“Observing the Galaxy is like standing in the middle of a brightly lit city at night. If you look toward the outskirts, the ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected discovery about the planet TOI-3884b, which orbits its star at a crazy angle. The ...

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

Using a powerful combination of space-based measurements and Subaru’s advanced imaging, astronomers have discovered two rare companions, one of which enables a key test for NASA’s Roman Space ...