Astronomers have discovered a primeval but the most pristine star ever found in the universe. According to a research team ...

An international team of astronomers has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a well-known ...

Witnessing a meteor, or \"shooting star,\" is a dazzling event caused by tiny space rocks burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

The star is known as SDSS J0715-7334. It is a red giant star in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The metallicity of this star is so low that even the most distant, most primordial galaxies ...

An artist's rendering of two comets that will make a near-earth passes later this month. The first, known as SWAN, will pass ...

Two newly discovered comets are streaking across the sky in a spectacular display as they make their closest approaches to ...

Dutch astronomer was authority on stellar evolution, and remained in Ireland following move to Armagh in 1970s ...

Humans are finally starting to build the technology that could tell us where to look, when to look, and what signs to watch for. What might we find? Why does it matter?

Recent observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have shed light on a potential breakthrough in cosmology: ...

We take a look at what the discovery of liquid water under Mars’ surface could mean, we discover how space affects the human ...

A rare interstellar visitor has entered our Solar System, and it’s behaving in ways that have astronomers both fascinated and ...