In a breathtaking new photograph shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the sun rises behind the Extremely Large ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

The massive dome measures 305 feet (93 meters) in diameter, or about the size of a football field and stands 263 feet (80 ...

In addition to the exoplanet’s polar orbit, the brown dwarf pair itself is extraordinarily rare. They form an eclipsing ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

Beneath a breathtaking full Moon, construction on the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope—the ELT—progresses in ...

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around ...

A stunning new photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy has unveiled the vast, glowing gases that surround this majestic spiral ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of a polar planet.

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a pair of “suns” set on the horizon is among ...

But they are more massive than the biggest planets and are modestly luminous. Using the European Southern Observatory's Chile ...