When galaxies collide, bright things happen in the universe.

The unprecedented observations of the star Wolf-Rayet 124 were made possible thanks to James Webb’s powerful infrared vision.

Saturn pairs up with Jupiter to create "Christmas Star" on winter solstice

Two teams of scientists discovered the presence of carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

Magnetic field structure of nearby galaxy provides new insights on how spiral arms form, and how gas can be funneled inward to fuel star formation at the galaxy's center.

Orion’s Belt hides some blazing secrets.

It has taken eight months to test and calibrate all of the instruments and modes of the James Webb Space Telescope. A scientist on the team explains what it took to get Webb up and running.

Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new UC Riverside research.

This cosmic bubble of gas isn’t as serene as the winged insect it resembles. In reality, it's a planetary nebula produced by the death of one of two stars at its center.

As a worldwide audience awaits images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto on July 14, NAU scientists already are supporting astronomers' understanding of the dwarf planet's surface.

Standard model of cosmology may need a rewrite.

The flare created by the young star is trillions of times more powerful than a solar flare and has been blazing for 85 years.

A black hole burp filled the Milky Way's center with mysterious invisible structures, a new study suggests.

An amateur astronomer has discovered a possible new impact flash in Jupiter's equatorial region. Observers may yet see the dark impact scar.

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Astronomers have a thing for big explosions and collisions, and it always seems like they are trying to one-up themselves in finding a bigger, brighter one. There’s a new entrant to that category –...

The dust clouds around supermassive black holes are the perfect breeding ground for an exotic new type of planet.

N44 has a strange hole at its heart.

The mission will not only search for evidence of ancient martian life, but also test a method for plucking usable oxygen straight from Mars’ thin air. Oh, it also has a helicopter.

But don't worry; Curiosity should be able to keep roving for a while yet.

Now that NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has accomplished the goal of achieving powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on the Red Planet, and with data

The FAA reported no unusual aircraft incidents.

Hubble's sensitive instruments allow for the most crystal clear picture of the Liller 1 star cluster yet.

If so, China may be in the lead.

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The new LSST camera at the Rubin Observatory will reveal new insights into the Milky Way, dark matter, and more.

Thirty years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope began snapping photos of distant stars, providing a time machine that has taken astronomers back to when the universe was less than a billion years old.

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There were no density differences to speak of shortly after the Big Bang.

Understanding isolation's effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have 'the right stuff,' will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space...

The system is located in a newly-discovered Pisces-Eridanus stellar stream, which is less than 3% the age of our solar system.

Thanks to their soft bodies and ability to burrow, earthworm robots could help astronomers reveal the mysteries of our solar system.