NASA's Perseverance rover has just captured proof of lightning in Mars, which appears to spawn in the whirlwinds that roam its surface.

Harvard Professor Avi Loeb explains that alignments between interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and gamma-ray bursts are ...

The telescope captured near-infrared light from one of the earliest stars seen to explode in the history of the universe.

A star system in our own galactic neighborhood is poised to put on a show so bright it could briefly rival the planets and ...

The surprisingly high amounts of chlorine and potassium in a supernova remnant could help solve the mystery of where these crucial elements come from ...

Five years ago, we reported that Tom Cruise, ever-ambitious, had set a big milestone for himself: He and his frequent ...

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

Two new stars, or nova eruptions, have been resolved in unprecedented detail by six optical telescopes operating in unison as ...

Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have ...

The Webb space telescope observed a supernova that took place when the universe was 730 million years old, setting a new ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

A look at the enduring mystery of the ‘Star of Bethlehem’, exploring whether Jupiter, rare planetary alignments, comets or supernovae could explain the celestial event that has fascinated astronomers ...