A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of the Butterfly Nebula, a grand and graceful cosmic wonder.

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These ...

The goal of the Thirty Metre Telescope project is to peer deeper into the cosmos than ever before, studying black holes, ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...

A new trick with light has now helped capture the sharpest-ever measurement of a disk around a nearby star, beta Canis ...

On December 25, 2021, the largest and most powerful space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, was launched into space ...

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 ...

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New details emerge about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Its tail appears unusually thin and straight, unlike typical comets ...

New orbital data reveals interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be on a guided path to Jupiter's Hill radius. Discover why this precise trajectory suggests the visitor could be releasing alien technology ...

There is no life on the moon. The 2020 election was not rigged. I have no direct evidence to support any of these claims, but ...

Since the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered this past July — just the third confirmed object to arrive from another star — ...