Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the star-forming region of Ophiuchus.

Hawaii risks losing its global astronomy edge and hundreds of employees if the Trump administration’s funding cuts are approved, said John O’Meara, deputy director and chief scientist of the W ...

The astronomers noted that the haze is not just a visual oddity, but something that controls Pluto's climate.

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic Dawn. Yet, astronomers have struggled to unravel details about the first ...

Astronomers at the University of New Mexico have discovered a new gas giant planet, significantly larger than Jupiter, located 400 light-years away.

Astronomers have finally tracked down missing "ordinary" matter, which they discovered hiding as gas spread out in the vast expanses between galaxies.

Scientists have long struggled to locate ordinary matter, which makes up only about 15 per cent of all matter. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The image of Sculptor, located 11 million light-years away, spans a range of 65,000 light-years, almost the entire galaxy.