A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?

The Gemini North observatory, located atop Mauna Kea, captured a rare spectacle in November and December 2025. Its 8.1-meter ...

NASA’s NEOWISE has allowed astronomers to get the best and most complete view of a star collapsing into a black hole ever recorded.

An international team of astronomers has conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a recently discovered ...

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific ...

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like ...

Many great movies feature major plot holes that are simply impossible to ignore. In this piece, we list some of the most ...

Astronomers have discovered that strong magnetic fields in the neighbourhood of the LDN 328 cloud act as a cosmic brake, providing enough pressure to prevent gravity from immediately collapsing gas ...