The satellite population in low Earth orbit (LEO) is not an open book. While data on many satellites is public, others are ...

But when scientists peer very far back, they find conundrums. JWST observations of the distant past are at odds with ...

Last month, astronomers claimed to have found the strongest evidence ever of alien life on a distant exoplanet named K2-18 b.

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

A spherical object lurking in our galaxy is so perfectly circular that astronomers can't explain how it was formed. Dubbed ...

Using various ground-based and space telescopes, an international team of astronomers has observed a highly variable young ...

Advances in radio telescope technology are allowing astronomers to capture images of circular celestial objects never before ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each ...

A recent study has revealed the presence of a previously unknown companion planet orbiting the star Komondor (HAT-P-12) by ...

A new, more detailed study of 1,000 distant galaxies explains why some gas-rich galaxies don’t produce as many stars as you’d ...

As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years in space, here's what to know about the ambitious instrument.

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...