X, an advanced adaptive optics system on the 6.5-meter Magellan Telescope in Chile. The instrument detects hydrogen-alpha (Hα ...

Located 12.8 billion light-years away, the black hole, called RACS J0320-35, weighs about a billion times the mass of our sun ...

Hayabusa2 visited the 900-metre asteroid Ryugu in 2018, returning samples to Earth in 2020. The spacecraft is now on an ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for producing unprecedented views of the universe using a powerful camera—with its immense field of view—and combining it ...

Just 40 light-years from Earth, a red dwarf star named TRAPPIST-1 intrigues astronomers with its exceptional planetary system ...

Telescopes on the National Mall tonight will give people a chance to see the stars and experience the largest astronomy outreach event in the United States.

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a rare cosmic meal: a white dwarf star consuming pieces of a ...

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Clear skies may be a challenge in central Wisconsin this week, but if the weather cooperates even ...

Hayabusa2 is now facing an unexpected challenge: the asteroid it is targeting for its next visit is much smaller than ...

Astronomers uncover a cosmic mystery: an extra image in an Einstein Cross points to a massive dark matter halo.