The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...

M17, often called the Omega, the Swan, and the Checkmark Nebula, stars in a new image taken by the VISTA telescope in Chile.

This is more stars than all the grains of sand on Earth." The comical AI mishap draws attention to a broader ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

You can tell spring has officially begun in the Northern Hemisphere just by looking at the stars. Here's how to easily spot ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

There is apparently a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way's largest satellite galaxy that is hurling hyper-fast stars into our home galaxy. This is what a research group led by Jiwon Jesse ...

Astronomy and planetary science are the study of objects and phenomena that occur beyond the Earth’s atmosphere. This includes investigating stars and their interaction with each other and the ...

IrishCentral Contributor Michael O'Shea traces the fascinating history of 'The Plough and the Stars' and how it became a ...