An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies ...

Our latest Humanist Society talk explored the latest round of understanding the universe through space observations. Humanist Society President Judy Flattery reviewed why this relates to Humanism: ...

Here's what will be visible in the night sky in the United States in May 2025. On May 12, the skies will be treated to the Flower Moon, also known as the Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon, Hare's Moon and ...

Just as Luke Skywalker watched two suns set from his sandy home planet Tatooine, a newly discovered planet called 2M1510 is ...

Scientists are BAFFLED after spotting a lone black holeFrom your WhatsApp messages to your work emails, it can sometimes feel ...

In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

Astronomers have spent decades trying to find Earth-like planets beyond our solar system. These worlds are small, cold, and ...