The findings are courtesy of the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) array, which is an optical ...

Astronomers have identified the clearest signs yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet outside our Solar System, marking a ...

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

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

Compelling evidence that the structure of matter surrounding supermassive black holes has changed over cosmic time has been ...

The exoplanet, discovered by Northwestern University astronomers, orbits two suns exactly like Luke Skywalker's fictional ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...