The Geminids return with near-perfect viewing conditions, offering skywatchers up to 150 meteors an hour under dark December ...

Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

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

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...