Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

Using IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists identify hundreds of obscured black holes hidden behind gas and dust.

European Southern Observatory Director General Xavier Barcons told Space.com that astronomers expect the project to brighten the sky by up to 10 percent around the observatory.

Giant ground-based reflector telescopes do much of astronomy's heavy lifting, although the U.S.'s largest in Hawaii is not ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

Since the middle of the month, four of the five brightest planets in the night sky have been visible after sunset and will ...

Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...

Illinois stargazers have the chance to see a "planet parade" this January, with four bright planets to be visible in a single line of sight. There also are three chances to see a supermoon later this ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is much larger than the Hubble and instead of orbiting the Earth, operates from a stationary ...

NASA’S Pandora mission has moved one step closer to exploring planets which have the potential for alien life. The team ...

Get ready for lift off when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts Astronomy Days, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1-2, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Go on a celestial ...