The scientists have named the molecular hydrogen cloud “Eos,” after the Greek goddess of mythology who is the personification ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft Detects a 10-Mile-Thick Layer of Diamonds on Mercury The innermost planet of our solar system, ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

As the warming temps of late spring give way to the stifling heat of summer, it’s more important than ever to keep your pets ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...