New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope hint that the universe’s first stars might not have been ordinary fusion ...

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Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe. It could be dark matter, or it could be something ...

Astronomers have achieved the first radio image of a supermassive black hole pair, using the retired Russian RadioAstron ...

A team of astronomers used an "Earth-sized super telescope" to detect an object that emits no light, via gravitational ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...