Researchers led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist, who looked deeply into space at a period known as ...

Scientists have discovered a giant planet called TOI-6894b, orbiting a star that should be far too small to have formed it.

The discovery of a metal-rich star packed with both light and heavy elements hints at exotic stellar explosions and the role ...

It had not been thought possible that such tiny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets.

The stripes, called striations, ripple across the walls of solar granules—convection cells in the Sun’s photosphere where hot ...

The telescopes at Lick may be vintage, but scientists at the observatory continue to discover new planets and examine ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

At the American Museum of Natural History here in New York, I had the pleasure of experiencing both at the same time.

With binoculars or a wide-field scope, emission nebula IC 1396 is a vast playground, filled with many other interesting ...

Ancient Chinese astronomers were careful in how they described celestial phenomena when reporting to the emperor. To ensure ...