Astronomy

A promising combination of exoplanet-finding methods pinpoints details about its first world

We now know that the first galaxies in our universe formed shockingly fast, thanks to the latest results from the James Webb Space Telescope

Red dwarfs are dim bulbs but host more Earth-like planets than any other kind of star

Our first known interstellar visitor is now long gone, but new research has some ideas about why it moved the way it did while it was in our cosmic neighborhood.

Looming gaps in astronomers’ views of the heavens could undercut the revolutionary potential of NASA’s latest, greatest space telescope

Our galaxy’s enormous scaffolding is shaped by complex magnetic fields

The “mother of dark matter” was a force of nature—and a forceful advocate for other women who wanted to dedicate their career to the cosmos.

How I learned to stop worrying and love the next Earth-threatening asteroid

Vera Rubin went from a teenager with a cardboard telescope to the “mother of dark matter.” Some of her colleagues and mentees weigh in on her fascinating life and how she was a champion for women in astronomy.

A new study suggests that ‘Oumuamua, the mysterious visitor that whizzed through our solar system in 2017, may have been merely a small comet from another star

Before exploding as supernovae, massive Wolf-Rayet stars spew gas and dust into space, seeding the formation of future stellar and planetary systems

Collisions between moons and planets may be a regular danger for possible extraterrestrial life