A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of the Butterfly Nebula, a grand and graceful cosmic wonder.
From 93 million miles away, the Sun just got a lot more personal. Astronomers have now seen some of its finest magnetic ...
A high-altitude balloon telescope has revealed new patterns in X-rays emitted near the black hole Cygnus X-1. These signals give scientists a clearer picture of how gas and radiation behave in the ...
A fresh study claims that gamma-ray photons could reveal the presence of dark matter, a discovery that, if confirmed, would reshape modern physics.
JWST infrared technology pierces cosmic dust with unmatched clarity, revealing hidden star nurseries and structures no ...
Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...
The Red Spider Nebula gives us a possible preview of what might happen to our own Sun in about 5 billion years: as the Sun runs out of fuel, it may also swell into a red giant, shed its outer layers, ...
In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It ...