The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so ...

December nights are the longest — and often some of the coldest — of the year. While some may dread December’s darkness, ...