"We will never witness the formation of Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light-years away, we may be watching a ...

Astronomers have just solved a long-standing mystery about a rare, rapidly spinning neutron star known as PSR J1023+0038.

The spiral galaxy M83 is captured face-on, providing a clear view of its full structure. Chandra's X-ray data reveals ...

Stars are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Most stars host planets, like our sun hosts our solar system, and ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

An international team of scientists have provided an unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur spread between the stars using ...