A mysterious object with a mass equivalent to 1 million suns has been detected in space, but its nature remains unknown.

Greenwich's Royal Observatory is improving access to its buildings and creating new educational and events spaces in a £77m ...

On Oct. 13, 1773, Charles Messier spotted the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) for the first time. Writing of it a few months later, he ...

A new book by India's education ministry highlights ancient scientific contributions, aiming to inspire curiosity and ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

College of the Canyons will host its Fall 2025 Star Party on Friday, Oct. 24, featuring a keynote presentation by Dr. Athina ...

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Comet SWAN will make its closest approach to Earth — coming within 24 million miles of us — on October 20, while comet Lemmon ...

We were suffering from Stage IV cabin fever, so I suggested a trip down to the new John Glenn open-air observatory, located somewhere in Hocking County and we are lucky to have found the place on the ...