The Very Large Telescope in Chile has found, for the first time, an infant planet nestled in spiral arms of dust around a distant sun-like star.

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...

While orbiting telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope or the James Webb Space Telescope give researchers a unique view of ...

The day before my thesis examination, my friend and radio astronomer Joe Callingham showed me an image we'd been awaiting for ...

Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

Captured in infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope, the peculiar star system Apep consists of two dying stars ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

Astronomers may have captured the rare moment of a planet forming around a young star, HD 135344B, 440 light-years away. Using the powerful ERIS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, they spotted ...

On Wednesday (July 23), Diana Morant, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities in Spain, announced the Spanish ...

Captured just days after its discovery, the images offer the clearest view yet of this rare visitor from beyond our solar system.