Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

A young star 1,300 light-years away has given astronomers something they have dreamed about for decades: a freeze-frame of ...

The Zytglogge in Bern has one of the very few astronomical clocks in Europe that still works and is fully mechanical.

Astronomers have long sought to understand the processes that lead to the birth of planetary systems. Recently, a major breakthrough was achieved as scientists witnessed the early stages of planet ...

College football fans are upset after an Oregon Ducks commit received an astronomical ratings boost following his commitment.

Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be sitting inside an enormous, mysterious void—a giant cosmic hole making our universe expand faster right here than anywhere else. This unusual idea, ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

Just after sunrise on June 7, my friend Caitlin and I stood in the rain in Prague's Old Town Square, soggy and exhausted in ...