A team of astronomers has detected a mysterious “heartbeat” signal originating from deep space, capturing the attention of ...

The race for space internet is colliding with humanity’s oldest science.

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Astronomers have used a new type of extreme supernova in which a massive star was stripped right "down to the bone" to better ...

A possible asteroid impact on Saturn—the first ever captured on video—has set off a wave of investigation across the ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

A team of scientists claims a computational tool for studying black hole collisions could be our best bet for answering mysterious questions about the universe’s origins. In a new paper in Living ...

Astronomers have unraveled the mystery of a bright celestial object that looks like the Eye of Sauron from Middle Earth.

Prior to flybys, scientists used mathematical laws and observation to determine the characteristics of the planets.

Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most advanced technology pales in ...