Many people have heard of the Keck Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, but few realize just how many powerful ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully observed a site of planet formation by detecting a ...

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

Through advanced infrared imaging, scientists have peered deeper into Jupiter's clouds than ever before. Explore these ...

Why planetary scientists think advanced aliens will turn to nuclear fusion to meet their massive energy needs. Here’s how we ...

The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

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New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...

The Geminid meteor shower, known for its bright and fast meteors, peaks on December 14-15, 2023. Originating from asteroid ...

A supermassive black hole can tear apart a star. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a supermassive black hole that has torn apart one star .

"As fascinating as the galaxy appears at visible wavelengths, some of NGC 5643's most interesting features are invisible to ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have observed a dusty star-forming galaxy known as ...