The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Experts have found water in the universe for the first time in history, and it could be one of the greatest achievements ever made ...

Data from NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was used to create a water distribution map of the ...

Astronomers have uncovered new insights into Herbig-Haro objects, small nebulae found in star-forming regions. These objects ...

The SALT Astronomy software team supports SALT Astronomy Operations to operate, maintain, and develop software for the scientific analysis of observations from the Southern African Large Telescope. We ...

The SALT Astronomy software team supports SALT Astronomy Operations to operate, maintain, and develop software for the scientific analysis of observations from the Southern African Large Telescope. We ...

Something about being at sea encourages philosophical musing. Something about looking down into the darkness of deep water, ...