According to the most widely accepted cosmological model, the first stars and galaxies began forming around 300-400 million ...

One of the common misconceptions about black holes is that they devour not only matter, but also the history of that matter.

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At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...

People in the northern hemisphere might have a chance to see a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event this year. The T Coronae ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

Stars are the architects of nearly all the chemical elements in the universe, including ones crucial to life as we know it, ...

This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

April brings a cosmic spectacle as the Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers overlap, alongside planetary alignments, a ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway.