Today in the history of astronomy, an eclipse isn’t the only stunning thing in the sky.

Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...

At incredibly small scales, the universe operates according to the unfamiliar rules of quantum mechanics. And Planck’s ...

Spot the Broken Engagement Ring asterism near Merak in Ursa Major, easily viewed with binoculars or a low-power telescope.

Today in the history of astronomy, a star is captured in an astrophotography first.

Early birds can catch our satellite just 3° from two giant planets in Pisces: lovely ringed Saturn and far distant Neptune.

NWA 16788 is the largest martian meteorite ever found, weighing in at 54 pounds. Soon, it’ll be up for auction.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a British astrophysicist best known for her discovery of pulsars. In 1967, when she was a graduate ...

The center of our galaxy is visible overnight on summer evenings, just off the tip of the Sagittarius Teapot’s spout in the ...

While astronomers expect many supernova remnants remain to be discovered, the fact that Teleios was spotted at all “is pure luck,” Filipović says. Had it been located closer to the galactic plane, ...

Australia aims for orbit with the Gilmour Eris rocket, while SpaceX launches Starlink and Kuiper satellites, and Europe ...