A team of 48 astronomers from 14 countries, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has discovered a population of ...

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...

Of the thousands of single-star systems in our galaxy, around 10% are known to have planets. Scientists thus expected about ...

A distant star dimmed by 97% for nearly 200 days. Astronomers say giant rings around a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter may explain it.

This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away ...

Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming ...

The September 2025 issue featured “A guide to beginner’s guides,” a reminiscence and description of some the books for astronomy beginners that Contributing Editor Raymond Shubinski recommends or ...

There's no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy that will have you exploring everything from twinkling stars and ...

In today's hyper-connected world, cyber threats are more sophisticated and frequent than ever - ransomware attacks, data breaches, social engineering scams, and advanced persistent threats targeting ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her ...

A new landmark study has pinpointed the location of the universe's "missing" matter, and detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) on record. Using FRBs as a guide, astronomers at the Center ...