Astronomers may have discovered the first example of an explosive cosmic event called a "superkilonova," in the form of a ...

A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

A puzzling cosmic blast detected in both light and gravitational waves may hint at a previously unseen type of explosion, challenging astronomers to rethink how neutron stars are born and collide.

"It's like looking back in time in a sense, to that violent period of our solar system when it was less than a billion years ...

Animation of the findings by researchers who used time-delay cosmography to independently confirm that the universe’s current ...

A new image of M87 shows and confirms for the first time the feeding ring and jet of its supermassive black hole.

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

“The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see the structure of the material being blasted into space is ...

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

Astronomers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and elsewhere have observed the Taurus star-forming region, which ...

Years ago, astronomers believed they had found a planet forming around a nearby star called Fomalhaut. This was very exciting ...