Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather ...

Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant galaxy ever observed, MoM-z14, offering new insight into star formation and galaxy growth in the early universe ...

Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was one of seven graduate students honored with the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the 247th ...

"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions ...

A planet orbiting seven suns sounds like pure science fiction — the kind of system that should collapse into chaos instantly.

Scientists are now certain that James Webb will break every such record until the earliest observable light is eventually ...

They shaped the Universe, yet the first stars ever born continue to evade the searches of astronomers like Dr Emma Chapman ...

Space Summit 2026 in Hungary brings astronauts, scientists and industry leaders together to shape Hungary’s role in global ...

"We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, ...

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are a rare phenomenon in active galactic nuclei. They have been observed to occur at ...