Found in an ultrafaint dwarf galaxy, the ancient star's unusual chemistry indicates it formed from gas enriched by a single early supernova.
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Astronomers have just released what may be the sharpest views of Saturn ever captured, courtesy of the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes working in tandem. One image was taken in visible light and is breathtaking on its own, while the other, ...
Conspiracy theorists suggested they had stumbled upon a pyramid on Mars that could've been built by aliens. Scientists are not buying it.
Astronomers using Hubble found evidence that the spinning of a comet 41P slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation.
The books, about astronomy and other topics, were written in Chinese by Jesuit missionaries who shared information on science as part of their effort to spread Christianity.
Astronomer Avi Loeb pointed out two papers that found that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS bears an unusually high concentration of deuterium.
For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the speed of superheated gas billowing from a cauldron of stellar activity at the heart of M82.
A new 2026 exoplanet update from Cornell astronomers has narrowed more than 6,000 known worlds to 45 rocky planets judged the 'best bets' for life, all orbiting in the habitable zones of their stars.
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A star you can see with the naked eye has kept astronomers guessing for decades with its unusually powerful X-rays. Now, thanks to highly precise observations from Japan's XRISM space telescope, scientists have finally uncovered the source: a hidden ...