Astronomy

First glimpsed as “little red dots” in deep-space images from the James Webb Space Telescope, these giant, gas-shrouded black holes are full of surprises

This dying star appears to have a face of gas and a mane of space dust

Follow all the latest updates about the August 12 eclipse with Scientific American

All the tips and tricks you need to watch and photograph this incredible celestial phenomenon

Here’s everything you need to know about this eclipse, from the weather to the best viewing locations

Strange whirlpools of plasma seen in the sharpest images ever captured of our star help explain the deep origins of Earth-threatening space weather and more

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth in 2029

A private spacecraft launched to boost the decaying orbit of NASA’s Swift Observatory is now suffering from potentially mission-ending malfunctions

After decades of hints and speculation, scientists have at last unveiled the hidden companion to the iconic star Betelgeuse

Using the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory, astronomers are beginning the largest and deepest survey of the sky. What will they see?

This almost Jupiter-sized object is orbiting a brown dwarf, which, in turn, is circling around a small star

For the first time ever, astronomers have found two sibling stars that each exploded as a supernova, giving us a new view of these epochal cosmic cataclysms