The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming ...
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.
The existence and origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) has been a hot topic in astronomy research in recent years. Now that we ...
This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.
Discoveries about Uranus, the solar system's enigmatic planet, challenge previous assumptions, highlighting the need for ...
hoping to nurture a new generation of scientists. During his acceptance speech, Shaw Laureate in Astronomy, Professor ...
The researchers revealed that Uranus’s protective magnetic field was distorted, and seemed wonky and weak, being squashed and ...
The annual Leonids meteor shower is due to peak next week, hopefully giving stargazers a treat to brighten up the dark winter ...
A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...
The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) researchers used data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey.
The strange, sideways-rotating planet – the third largest in our solar system – has always been something of a mystery to ...