A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers have spotted a planet orbiting a star in our neighborhood of the ...

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a dramatic cosmic crash unfolding around a distant star. While reviewing archived ...

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

An illustration of the collision. (Andy Tzanidakis) A distant star whose light suddenly flickered like a guttering candle has ...

In June 2026, Venus and Jupiter will align in a rare celestial event, appearing exceptionally close in the evening sky. This ...

People walking along the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal could soon be able to track the predicted path of Halley’s Comet over the next 35 years.

New research paints the extent of human pollution across the planet's oceans: Pesticides and pharmaceuticals make up a large fraction of the organic material in our coastal waters. In the open ocean, ...

A collision between two planets was seen from Earth, an event that has only been seen a handful of times in the past. Scientists noticed chaos and temperatures running extremely high near the ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.