Scientists have long know many objects floating at the solar system's out edges resemble snowmen, but the reasons why were ...

A lucky alignment of galaxies allowed researchers to identify the most powerful and distant "space laser" ever found.

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A newly discovered jellyfish galaxy, seen as it existed 8.5 billion years ago, is challenging assumptions about conditions in the early universe. Astrophysicists at the University of Waterloo have ide ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, methane and carbon monoxide on exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The exoplanet is more ...

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope confirmed more than 2,600 exoplanets, including several located in the so-called habitable zone ...

When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact ...

Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model for astronomical imaging that significantly enhances scientists' ability to peer into the deepest reaches of the cosmos.

New analysis suggests Webb’s little red dots are young black holes hidden in thick gas, with masses far smaller than first thought.

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The draft environmental assessment argues that Haleakala may be the only site where the new telescopes could be built and asserts that its geographic location and optimal viewing conditions would ...

A proposed five-satellite Cosmic Positioning System could measure cosmic distances directly and help address discrepancies in the Hubble constant through solar system–scale triangulation.