Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have stumbled upon a puzzling population of galaxies that look far too bright for their age. In four patches of sky, covering more than 500 square ...

In 1408, Chinese astronomers and court officials observed an especially bright object in the sky that appeared for about ten days, but its identity remained unknown. The object was described as yellow ...

Star trails are the visible imprint of Earth's rotation. As our planet spins around its axis, the stars appear to sweep ...

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has stunned astronomers after dramatically splitting into multiple luminous fragments, creating one ...

Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Since man first looked up to the sky, the moon has been one of the most fascinating and admired celestial bodies. It appears ...

A high schooler, Matteo Paz, won $250,000 for discovering 1.5 million new space objects with AI. Paz built an AI algorithm to search data from a NASA space telescope for objects such as black holes.

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