A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

NASA prepares to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope surpassing James Webb's capabilities in certain aspects. With a ...

Chile's pristine, dark desert skies, world-renowned for astronomy, are at risk of being outshined by urban and industrial ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission, set to launch in February 2025, will utilize an advanced infrared telescope to map the entire sky in ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

As per NASA, the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.