The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

Quasars acting as strong gravitational lenses are among the rarest finds in astronomy. Out of nearly 300,000 quasars ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, recorded the moment a star’s explosion broke through its surface. The nearby supernova, SN 2024ggi, revealed a surprisingly olive-shaped blast when studied with ...

Scientists have created the first-ever simulation that models every one of the Milky Way’s 100 billion stars, using AI to run ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious cosmic 'heartbeat' repeating every 22 minutes, unlike any known celestial object.

The Pleiades (M45) is arguably the most famous star cluster in the sky. Known as the Seven Sisters, or Subaru in Japan, its ...

Astronomers have discovered that the iconic Pleiades cluster, long admired as the “Seven Sisters,” is only a small part of a ...

A striking new photo of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, taken in New Mexico, reveals a uniquely sharp tail and possible ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

There's no better time than now to embrace the majesty of the night sky to begin a lifelong journey with amateur astronomy ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed radio-colour map of the Milky Way, revealing tens of thousands of sources and ...