Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

"Whether you want to explore dark energy, dying stars, galactic powerhouses, or probably even entirely new things we’ve never ...

After praying the Sunday Angelus at his summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, Leo headed to the astronomical observatory located ...

Public observing sessions at the Owl Observatory in Kalamazoo are free to the public. Two more will take place this summer on ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Compound, or catadioptric, telescopes combine lenses and mirrors for a compact option, suitable for both planetary and ...

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

Point a telescope at the sky and you might spot a shooting star, the moon, a planet, or a distant galaxy. The Royal ...

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System. Using the James Webb Space Telescope and ALMA, researchers detected hot ...

The Subaru Telescope has revealed a fourth member of the sednoids, a group of small bodies with peculiar orbits around the ...