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

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

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

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

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

Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with a video call to U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...

A newly found icy object, Ammonite, may be a 4-billion-year-old fossil from the Solar System’s edge—and it’s casting doubt on ...

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

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

International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory ...

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 ...