Astronomers have identified a massive cloud of water vapor surrounding a distant quasar, marking the largest single reservoir ...

Just in time for Christmas, a vast star-forming region shaped like a Christmas tree is lighting up space 2,700 light-years ...

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree.

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Scientists have confirmed the existence of altermagnetism, a third fundamental form of magnetism that could revolutionize ...

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Most airplane contrails go unseen from space, yet they may drive much of aviation’s climate impact, according to new MIT ...

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.

The Atlantic hurricane season produced a normal number of storms, compared to more frequent storms in recent years. But the storms that did form were huge.

Scientists tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and found rotating jets in a rare sun-facing tail during its 2025 pass through ...