When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the elements—and how massive supernovae reshaped the cosmos ...

Astronomy is increasingly code-heavy and focused on in-house development. Given the huge amounts of data generated with every night of telescope observations, it is, unsurprisingly, one of the first ...

Earth-size planet (HD 137010 b) found orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for finding life.

Astronomers have detected an Earth-size planet candidate orbiting a nearby star once a year, making it a promising target for ...

White hydrogen, also known as natural hydrogen, formed through ancient geological reactions in Earth’s crust billions of ...

Spread the loveAs March 2026 unfolds, stargazers and astronomy enthusiasts alike can look forward to a month brimming with celestial events and stunning sights. From a breathtaking total lunar eclipse ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden cosmic web of galaxies and gas by mapping hydrogen light from the early universe.

A new study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, finally changes that. Using data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), researchers built a three-dimensional map of ...

So, it came as a shock to many people when, in 1781, it was announced that a seventh planet, the first to be discovered since ...

PASADENA, CA – Long before he became one of the world’s most influential astronomers, Shrinivas Kulkarni grew up in a tightly knit, unusually accomplished Indian family, moving from town to town ...