The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary exoplanet circling a pulsar, a remnant of a exploded massive star. Named PSR ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...