Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic ...

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form ...

Astronomers have discovered a "jellyfish" galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms—including distinctive "bunny ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected three new hot ...

A computer simulation shows how two neutron stars of unequal mass merge, form a black hole and spit out a jet of high energy matter.

A stunning new image captured by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) offers a glimpse into the early stages of planet formation.

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Some believe a planetary opposition — perhaps of Jupiter — may explain the fabled star of Bethlehem. And astronomers have other theories. Perhaps it was a supernova — or the explosive ...

and Jupiter passed Saturn for the third time December 5. Astronomy/Roen Kelly What about a mash-up of planets like the Great Conjunction of 2020? Could that explain the Star of Bethlehem?

Was the Star of Bethlehem a conjunction of two planets? If it was, it likely involved either or both of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter. Since Venus is an inner planet to Earth ...