Two planets stand side by side as the evening twilight continues to delight and colorful stars shine in the sky this week.

From road-tripping adventurers to luxury resort goers, more travelers are seeking the stars than ever before. Saudi Arabia is hoping to become the Middle East’s top astrotourism destination: it’s home ...

The latest example: an attempt by the SEC and Big Ten to expand the College Football Playoff from 12 teams to 14 and allow ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

There are plenty of types of stars out there, but one stands out for being just a little weirder than the others. You might even say it's strange. According to a paper from researchers at Guangxi ...

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Cold, dark and distant, it was n ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

The Einstein Probe was launched in January 2024 to study the high-energy universe, and among its instruments is its ...

"The diversity of ways that white dwarf stars can blow up is much greater than previously expected." There are a lot of ways ...

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...