NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which launched in March 2025, is poised to transform our understanding of the universe. By creating ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of A11pl3Z, a massive new interstellar object entering our solar system.

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the sky ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

The current iteration of the galactic map is caught up with the sequels, featuring the Jedi planet Ahch-To and Sith planet ...

Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about occultations in this episode of "Minnesota Night Skies." ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the building blocks of galaxies during their formative years. The CRISTAL ...

The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...