"We have by and large been ignoring triples in models and simulations — we're just starting to understand how these types of ...

NASA’s Spitzer Telescope revealed the Milky Way’s hidden center, using infrared to uncover its dense, star-packed core. This ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has added another honor to its name by locating a record number of new stars in a faraway ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 104 — or, more commonly, 47 Tucanae, since ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most complex space observatory that serves thousands of astronomers ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows rich detail in a pair of star clusters 166,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in the southern constellation Doradus. This striking Hubble ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ...

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered dozens of ancient stars in the distant Dragon Arc galaxy, revealing new insights into the universe's formation and evolution.