For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus ...

Astronomers have spotted the birth of a new solar system for the very first time ever. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the ...

The Perseids, considered by astronomers to be the best meteor shower of the year, are about to begin. The meteor shower occurs annually from about July 17 to Aug. 23, typically peaking in mid-August, ...

The Perseid meteor shower, expected to peak Aug. 12-13, will light up the night sky with up to 100 meteors per hour, offering ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...

The JWST discovers the Zhúlóng spiral galaxy, as massive as the Milky Way, formed only a billion years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

The Perseid meteor shower is starting, and backyard astronomers will soon be able to catch a glimpse of the annual event. The ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the astronomers said. A gaseous disk surrounding the young star is the first stages of ...

As Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomer, was caught cheating with the HR Chief of his company at a Coldplay concert, people have ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...