It is only the third such object to have been identified as having an interstellar origin, which means it did not begin its ...

It currently sits around 420 million miles (or 670 million kilometres) from Earth. Astronomers have since confirmed its ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

For the first time, astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating twice. By studying the centuries-old remains of supernova SNR 0509-67.5 with the European Southern ...

When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and ...

So far, two interstellar celestial bodies have been discovered hurtling through the solar system. Evidence of the next one is ...

Chile's ALMA observatory, which houses some of the world's most powerful telescopes, has captured its most detailed images to ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...

The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...