Researchers have unveiled a cosmic cycle where carbon, created in the explosions of stars, travels through space via a ...

The search for planets beyond our solar system has taken an exciting leap forward, thanks to advancements in space missions ...

President-elect Donald Trump suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. But can he really do that? Here's how place names are determined.

The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...

The galaxy Dragon Arc was observed along the line of sight to the galaxy cluster Abell 370, which acts as a cosmic magnifying glass.

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf ...

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state." ...

While the story of Adam and Eve might seem far-fetched, there is now a growing body of evidence which suggests that at least ...

Jan. 3, 2025 — Scientists recently discovered that the giant 'conveyer belt' currents that push star-forged material out of our galaxy and pull it back in can also transport carbon atoms.

During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon will move into the shadow of Earth and be totally eclipsed. The ...