The Chandra X-ray telescope and other observatories are being used to study stars that could potentially harbor habitable ...

After three years of helping astronomers investigate known planets beyond the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope ...

This is the first time an object in its class has been detected in X-rays. The discovery could lead to a better understanding ...

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum received a $10 million donation from Northrop Grumman to support the transformation of the museum's building in Washington, D.C. In honor of the gift, ...

EHe stars are an exceptionally rare class of evolved stars that contain almost no hydrogen, the most abundant element in the ...

Far away in the Ophiuchus Constellation, a peculiar star named A980, 25800 light years away, is rewriting what we know about stellar chemistry. Researchers have uncovered a cosmic twist -- this myster ...

Even though we know it’s there, humans can’t see much of the universe even with the most advanced technology. Some of ghost ...

Both Hubble and Chandra observations were combined to pinpoint the TDE's location, which is offset from the center of the ...

A distant supermassive black hole has stunned astronomers by expelling matter at speeds nearing a third of light velocity after consuming material at an extreme rate. Designated PG1211+143, this ...

The James Webb Telescope reveals a never-before-seen infrared image: thousands of galaxies and ancient stars expose cosmic ...

Eighty years ago, presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush delivered to President Harry S. Truman a remarkable report entitled “ Science-The Endless Frontier .” In this report, Bush described the ...