Of the thousands of single-star systems in our galaxy, around 10% are known to have planets. Scientists thus expected about 10% of the 3,000 known binary star systems in our galaxy to have them, too.

A distant star dimmed by 97% for nearly 200 days. Astronomers say giant rings around a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter may explain it.

A “ring of fire” solar eclipse will be visible on Tuesday, with the best views in Antarctica and partial eclipse views in Africa and South America.

The icy solar system comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) is set to make its closest pass of Earth tomorrow (Feb. 17), an event known to astronomers as perigee. But your ability to see the ancient wanderer ...

Astronomers do not know where thousands of “city-killer” asteroids are, Nasa ’s head of planetary defence has admitted. Dr ...

Straight to the dome.

Former President Barack Obama ignited a firestorm when he seemed to admit aliens were “real.” Congress has explored the topic of UAP, UFOs for years.

This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away ...

The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...