Astronomers have discovered an alien world that defies every planetary rule with its massive size, low density, and tilted ...

If you want to gaze out at the star-speckled sky with like-minded folks, Metro Vancouver has a few places to do that. One way ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

It was put on Webb to diagnose and measure any blur in its images. Even nanometres of distortion in Webb’s 18 hexagonal ...

Just after midnight, the moon will light up the east-northeastern horizon, cozying up right next to Jupiter. Here's how and ...

Betelgeuse, the brilliant red star marking Orion's shoulder, has long been suspected of harboring a secret. I have to confess ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they ...

Astronomers have taken their clearest look yet at how some of the biggest stars in our galaxy are born—and it turns out the ...

When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But mitigating this is its far greater distance, plus the fact that Earth appears much ...

The Moon will align with the Seven Sisters star cluster in the night sky this week, offering stargazers a rare and beautiful celestial view.

Astronomy enthusiasts in Staten Island and the New York metropolitan area are in for a celestial treat on Oct. 8, 2025, as ...

The alignment has to be perfect to enable this ... astronomers will need to find one closer to home so that they can target it with their telescopes. "Exoplanet characterization and studying exoplanet ...