The supergiant star M31-2014-DS1, which has a mass 20 times greater than the sun and is located 2.5 million light-years away ...

Fall evenings are perfect for astrophotography because the cool weather keeps those pesky mosquitoes away, which gives me ...

A group of astronomers analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) say some of the oldest galaxies in our ...

China's Wide Field Survey Telescope has captured an amazing view of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Credit: Space.com | footage ...

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A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.

Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to start with.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS didn’t quite live up to the expectations of being the “comet of the century” and during November its brief appearance sees it rapidly fade from view as it speeds ... during the ...

NASA Hubble Space Telescope 5 mesmerising images of interacting galaxies captured by NASA James Webb Space Telescope 5 ...

A century ago this month, a brash astronomer leaked a discovery that opened our view to the cosmic distance scale and the ...