(Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.10) “The sun does not shine there, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor lightning. How can this fire illuminate that Supreme Light?”In India, where faith and science often walk side ...

A remarkable new study challenges the findings of Nobel Prize-winning research into how our universe has changed over time.

California scientists spotted the brightest flare ever recorded, shining with the light of 10 trillion suns, from a ...

Astronomers have chased the first stars for decades, squinting at the early universe for any hint of their brief, brilliant ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have taken the closest-ever look at the dusty regions where planets form, offering new insight into the earliest stages of ...

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has changed color for the third time as it peeks out from behind the sun. The biggest, brightest ...

Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated "cosmic fireballs" here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The ...

Gov. Josh Green is pledging to help “promptly ” establish a procedure to permit construction of a controversial telescope atop Mauna Kea on a site previously developed for observatory use. Green ...

Having made its closest approach to the sun on Wednesday October 29, comet 3I/ATLAS will soon be visible from Earth ...

The only possibility left was an extraordinary one: a tidal disruption event, or TDE.