The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

Astronomers may have just solved an intergalactic “whodunit.” Researchers traced the trajectories of super speedy stars all ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...

BL Lacertae, an enigmatic blazar, has shattered long-held classification norms, leaving astronomers baffled. Originally ...

The team tracked the signal back to a strange binary system containing a dead star or " white dwarf " and a red dwarf stellar ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...