Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

The Sun-skirter comet C/2024 G3 is visible from the southern hemisphere this week as it makes its second-ever swing around ...

In an astronomical feat, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers observed a distant galaxy, uncovering ...

At extremely high densities, quarks are expected to form pairs, as electrons do in a superconductor. This high-density quark ...

A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final ...

It’s a term used by astronomers to describe when Earth, Mars and the Sun align. When this happens, Earth sits directly ...

A comet and multiple planets will be visible in the night sky tonight. There is a much shorter window to be able to see the ...

At 8:07 p.m. Monday, stargazers in Chicago will see Mars disappear behind the moon and reappear on the other side of the moon ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...

Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform "America the Beautiful" at Donald Trump's inauguration next week.