Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

Webb discovered dozens of small, powerful galaxies from 800 million years ago that likely drove cosmic reionization by ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered that a galaxy cluster is wrapped in an envelope of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of tiny, distant galaxies piercing the fog of the cosmic dark age in the ...

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

At the heart of our galaxy lies a cosmic puzzle: although the Galactic Center is packed with star-making material, massive stars form there surprisingly slowly. Using NASA's retired SOFIA observatory, ...

NASA’s latest discovery in the heart of our galaxy is raising more questions than answers. For the first time, a mysterious ...

Find out when the next full moon will light up the night sky. Discover its phases and mysteries with ExtremeTech’s guide.