#astronomy

For the first time, a young, Sun-like star has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Astronomers wonder why there aren't more stars.

A rare total lunar eclipse on Tuesday night resulted in a spectacular blood moon, captured by Josh Aoraki from the Te Whatu Stardome in Auckland ...

A rare total lunar eclipse resulted in a spectacular blood moon, seen first in Western Australia, then in parts of Asia, Europe and across North America ...

Astronomers have just released a stunning new image of the Cat's Eye Nebula, combining two distinct views: one from NASA / ESA's Hubble Space Telescope, which provides incredibly sharp details of the nebula, and another from the Euclid telescope, ...

Trawling through academic archives can be an absolute drag: I've spent weeks up to my neck in old books, microfiche, loose paperwork, and scanned documents looking for a useful tidbit but coming up with bupkis. But every now and then, the digging ...

NASA's pushed-back Moon landing is making it clearer than ever that its stumbling in its race to the Moon with China.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant "jellyfish galaxy" ever seen -- a cosmic oddity streaming long, tentacle-like trails of gas and newborn stars as it speeds through a dense galaxy cluster. The galaxy ...

Eclipse will feature a deep, coppery-red full moon on 3 March. From Sydney to New York, use our guide to find out when the eclipse will be visible and the best time to see it tonight.

Astronomers who have debated why these globular icy objects look the way they do finally have an answer ...