The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...

Two meteor showers and the return of the Milky Way make up the top astronomy events for July. Mark these events down on your ...

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"Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!" the agency's ...

Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...

"Honestly, it's been a little devastating," Kevin Hardegree-Ullman, a scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at ...

Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth and put on a spectacular show for observers as ...

The innermost planet of our solar system is now well placed for observers.

Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected ...