A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

Man' film is jam-packed with nods to the comics—and some very interesting stories it could be taking inspiration from.

A doctoral candidate from the University of Washington may have heard a cosmic explosion that explains how the Moon came into ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...

Glasgow Clyde College is preparing to make history by broadcasting a lecture into outer space as part of a new course ...

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic fields observed across the universe Cosmic magnetic fields are everywhere, ...

A rare star reveals how the Universe's first stars exploded, helping explain the Milky Way’s outer halo and its unusual chemistry.

Astronomers may have found an exciting new clue about dark energy—the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. They discovered an extraordinarily bright supernova from more than ...

Every new instrument needs its mysteries, and no discovery of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been more surprising than the “little red dots” it discovered in the early universe.

Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree ...

Space-time is being driven apart. Every second that passes, the universe expands faster and faster. What is propelling this dramatic acceleration is an enigma, though – one scientists have known about ...

They’re struggling to connect the dots. Scientists are baffled over mysterious dots captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — with some suggesting they could be giant stars from the origins of the ...