The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By ...
Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...
The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying ...
When the interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS began its descent toward the Sun, ground-based telescopes had to abandon ...
What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity, ...
The debate surrounding the interstellar visitor's origins reflects a broader shift in space science: a growing willingness to ...
Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed look at a carbon-rich disk surrounding the exoplanet CT Cha ...
Scientists have discovered complex organic molecules, including acetic acid and ethanol, frozen in ice beyond the Milky Way, suggesting that life's chemical ingredients may be widespread across the ...
A team led by an astronomer from the University of Maryland has, for the first time, detected large complex organic molecules frozen in ice beyond the Milky Way, providing new insight into the ...
James Webb Space Telescope observations show interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a 50-65 foot irradiated crust formed by billions of years of cosmic ray exposure. Research posted to arXiv indicates the co ...