This week, decipher clues from the world’s oldest rune stone, see the ethereal glow of birds-of-paradise, watch a light show ...

Astronomers have discovered that sulfur may be a key to helping us narrow down our search for life on other planets. It's not ...

Astronomers say the 2024 YR4 asteroid still has a 97% chance of missing Earth in 2032, but the now 3.1% chance it will hit ...

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, have accurately estimated the physical parameters of thermal and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...

One of those detections was EP240408a, an unusual blast that lit up discussions between astronomers. Zhang and his colleagues ...

How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...

Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...