Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...

Need a reminder of what's up in the farthest frontier of 'Star Trek' before 'Starfleet Academy'? Class is now in session.

NASA spots a rare, glowing gourd-like structure racing at one million mph—then watches it transform in the blink of an eye ...

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...