A recent study has sparked intrigue by suggesting the existence of a mysterious object from beyond our solar system behaving like a “seed”, journeying across the galaxy and potentially giving birth to ...

In about 4 billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with our galaxy, the Milky Way, unleashing a brilliant burst of star formation. This is not exactly breaking news (assuming anything that ...

Periodically, the European Space Agency (ESA) releases images that provide breathtaking views of the cosmos, courtesy of its ...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make important astronomical discoveries. Sometimes, all it takes is an internet connection and some spare time. That’s all Tom Bickle, Martin Kabatnik, and Austin ...

In a remarkable development, NASA has confirmed the detection of a mysterious object entering our solar system, classifying ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again. In the depths of our early Universe, it has uncovered something unexpected—300 mysterious objects that astronomers can’t yet fully explain. This ...

Rogue planets live by their own rules, freely floating through the cosmos without being bound to a star. With no stellar ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chad Hanna, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Scientists first detected ripples in space ...