Scientists have just discovered auroras on a planet outside the solar system. And it's a major advance in the world of astronomy, enabling us to better understand the universe.
Our Universe was 'pre-heated' in its early moments, according to a new study from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), challenging assumptions it emerged from an ultracold state.
The black hole at the centre of a galaxy more than 50 million light years away is spewing out a jet of extremely hot plasma - though we have studied it for a century, we are only now seeing it in great detail ...
The James Webb Telescope has revealed fierce auroras, storms, and unchanging sand-like clouds on the rogue planet SIMP-0136. These insights are pushing the boundaries of our understanding of alien atmospheres and exoplanet weather.
Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and Hubble Space Telescope are combined to produce an eye-catching view of a young neighbor, Westerlund 1. The image could help astronomers understand more about star formation . ...
A spiral galaxy in the Scorpius constellation, 100 million light-years away, is a beauty to say the least. NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured images of NGC 6000, which has a golden core and blue arms, providing a glimpse into stellar ...