A ninth planet may exist beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, a region populated by icy bodies that orbit the Sun.

The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...

The dramatic Marley Foundation Astronomy Discover Center at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff has a rooftop viewing deck and ...

As we stand on the cusp of unprecedented breakthroughs, the fusion of AI and space technology is poised to reshape our ...

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

Astrophysical explosions are, to give a few examples, driven by the collapse of the iron core of a massive star (known as a ...

Researchers spotted a second distant star orbiting a well-known black hole and its stellar companion in a never-before-seen ...

"It's difficult to explain how these quasars could have grown so big if they appear to have nothing to feed from." ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

In recent decades, we’ve learnt huge amounts about the universe and its history. The rapidly developing technology of telescopes – both on Earth and in space – has been a key part of this process, and ...

An asteroid has helped researchers discover the largest molecule ever detected by radioastronomy, and the third-largest ...

A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.