In 2017 astronomers detected something extraordinary: the first known object from another star system passing through our solar system. Named ‘Oumuamua, this mysterious visitor traveled at incredible ...

For the first time, astronomers have discovered dry ice (carbon dioxide ice) in a planetary nebula, shedding new light on the complex chemistry occurring in the universe’s most dynamic environments.

A team of amateur citizen scientists have made a significant discovery. They found huge gigantic radio circles in the deepest ...

(CNN) — In 1610, after he built his telescope, Galileo Galilei first spotted enormous Saturn’s gigantic rings. More than 400 years later, astronomers have in a sense dwarfed that discovery with a ...

Astronomers using a powerful radio telescope in South Africa have discovered an extraordinary cosmic signal coming from more than 8 billion light-years away. The signal comes from a rare object known ...

Astronomy is increasingly code-heavy and focused on in-house development. Given the huge amounts of data generated with every night of telescope observations, it is, unsurprisingly, one of the first ...

We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA's CHEOPS mission ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

Spread the loveIn an exciting astronomical event, a newly discovered asteroid, designated as 2026 EG1, is set to make a close approach to Earth on the evening of March 12, 2026. This space rock, ...

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In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...