SIMP-0136 is a strange celestial object somewhere between a planet and a star. Using the new space telescope, researchers have now spotted a curious phenomenon on this so-called brown dwarf. Dublin ...

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...

The night sky promises a spectacular week with heightened Northern Lights activity following the fall equinox, offering prime ...

There are designated areas in the U.S. where the night sky is so crystal clear that you can see the Milky Way galaxy ...

This year’s Chuseok full moon will be visible starting at 5:32 p.m. on the 6th (Seoul time). Korea Astronomy and Space ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object ...

Cosmic dust, it turns out, isn’t made of miniature rocks. It’s fluff. A comprehensive analysis of data from space missions, ...

From a supermoon to a pair of meteor showers streaking across the night sky, here are the top astronomy events for the month of October.

MIT joins the consortium building the Giant Magellan Telescope, thanks to a donation by Phillip and Susan Ragon.

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the ...

In 1988, he and his team were the first in many years to observe the Major Lunar Standstill moon rising between the spires of ...