Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.

A spiral galaxy roughly 10 million light-years from Earth is offering astronomers a rare glimpse into the forces that shape ...

Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA published the picture on Nov. 5 alongside a note ...

Star Trek's Genesis device melts a world down and rebuilds it. Thompson does something similar on a tiny scale, using a laser ...

In "The Devil in the Dark," the silicon-based Horta go undetected by scans built for carbon-based life. Wong expects real ...

Before we ring in 2027, stargazers in Florida and across the U.S. will have their chance to witness the peaks of five more ...

Last week, we explored the wonders of our universe, from Perseverance's record-setting journey across Mars and the city of ...

A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only ...

Preview data from the recently completed NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile point to a wave of discoveries that may ...

A new study claims that the VVV CL001 cluster is around 13.4 billion years old, which could make it the oldest star cluster ...

Astronomers using early data from Rubin Observatory have identified two previously hidden companions of the Milky Way. One is ...

An International Dark Sky Park, Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park offers incredible stargazing. Here’s how to plan a visit to ...