Astronomy continues to unlock the secrets of the universe, revealing stunning phenomena, reshaping our understanding of the cosmos, and sparking new questions for scientists to explore. As we look ...

A team of astronomers has in one of these hybrid objects called Chiron now characterized what could be considered a unicorn among centaurs. Chiron contains signs that it has emitted both carbon ...

A Manx astronomer who has lectured on the marvels of the night sky for 40 years has been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Howard Parkin, who has been made an MBE, said he was "overwhelmed ...

A Belfast-based astronomer has said a planetary defence mission with which he is involved will help scientists gather new data to potentially enable them to deflect asteroids which could crash ...

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have found a massive water reservoir orbiting a quasar located over 12 billion light-years away. This extraordinary find offers a rare glimpse into the ...

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead. By Michael Roston and Katrina Miller Never miss a rocket launch, meteor shower, eclipse or other event that ...

Astronomer Father D'Souza seeks his periphery in the ‘most distant stars’ by Giorgio Bernardelli | VATICAN – INDIA | VATICAN – INDIA ...

The findings were published on Monday, Dec. 9, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists got their first inkling that dark comets exist when they noted in a March 2016 ...

"My colleagues are excited because they've never seen this much detail before," said Bin Ren, an astronomer at the Université Côte d'Azur in France, in a statement. Scientists have suggested at ...

Astronomers have employed the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to observe an ultra-diffuse galaxy known as VCC 615. Results of the observational campaign, presented in a paper posted Dec. 2 to the ...

BOSTON — For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of an astrosphere around a star like the sun. This bubble of hot gas is blown by a star’s stellar wind, a constant stream of ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, lighting up the skies as impressive meteors struck Earth's atmosphere. But Earth wasn't the only target; the moon is regularly ...