One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

HKU Laboratory for Space Research to Host APRIM2026 The Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting 2026 (APRIM2026), one of the most influential global ...

A trio of meteor showers sends flashes of light across our skies this month, and the first week will feature the largest and ...

November's supermoon is the second of three supermoons this year and also the closest: The moon will come within just under ...

A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.

For centuries, people have blamed the full moon for stirring up madness. Folklore suggested that its glow could spark mania ...

In July 2025, astronomers detected 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object. While viewed as a comet, Dr. Avi Loeb suggests exploring alternative hypotheses due to its unusual characteristics ...

Astronomers have captured a haunting image of a “cosmic bat” spreading its wings across deep space. This nebula, 10,000 light-years away, glows crimson as newborn stars ignite clouds of gas and dust.

The scientists said the presumed area where the fragments had landed is hard to access, because of bogs, lakes and forests around ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...