Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

SPHEREx is a groundbreaking NASA telescope that will map the entire sky in infrared, revealing insights into cosmic inflation ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has today presented a pioneering project at the Gaudem school that uses assistive robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve ...

It also has a thick atmosphere, veiled by dense aerosols, that seemed impenetrable — until now. With the cutting-edge capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers have detected ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

UK astrophotographer Josh Dury on night-sky success, his passion for documenting natural skies, a brand-new book and an ...

Dark energy is still a mystery, but powerful new telescopes are set to uncover clues. With NASA and ESA leading the charge, ...