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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

Researchers describe the newly discovered binary system as a cosmic oddball. Stars often reach the end of their lives and ...

A radical new theory regarding the origin of the universe suggests that gravitational waves, tiny ripples in spacetime first ...

A full moon is slated for Sept. 7, but there are other celestial events occurring this month. More on viewing Saturn at its ...

Researchers observed a supernova in progress that showed the onion-like structure of elements in stars, and the explosion may ...

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime ...

In a breakthrough study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers have discovered a new origin for some of the fastest stars ...

For centuries, humans have looked to the night sky with wonder, tracing the paths of stars and planets and finding stories ...

As Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and ...