Science fiction often imagines life on planets but real astronomy suggests some of the best candidates may be moons instead.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Denneau is part of the team behind ATLAS — short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a network of wide-field ...

From the moment she looked through a telescope, Marissa Norlund knew she was an observational astronomer.

Saturn's huge moon Titan may not hide an ocean under its frozen surface but rather widespread pockets of liquid water, a new ...

A new chapter in astronomy education has begun at Kitt Peak National Observatory with the grand opening of the Windows on the ...

A long-standing physics mystery has been solved with the discovery of emergent photon-like behavior inside a strange quantum ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already begun to unravel the mysteries of the universe, offering new insights into ...

A pioneering fusion of nuclear physics and audiovisual art is set to be showcased during a public event at the University of Glasgow next month.

If you feel a thrill every time we discover something new about the cosmos, then November 25th may have been a noteworthy day ...

The University of Manchester is a partner in a major new European Commission initiative designed to accelerate the use of ...

NASA’s IXPE mission has solved a long-standing mystery by revealing how black hole jets generate X-rays, using the longest ...