Mira A is in the late stages of its life, a red giant swelling and losing mass as it prepares to fade into a white dwarf. While stars of this type routinely shed material, the sheer scale and symmetry ...

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?

On August 2, 2027, Earth will witness a total eclipse, but it's not just another total eclipse. This astronomical phenomenon that will never happen again in ...

To see stars, planets, constellations and meteor showers, Upstate, Midlands and Lowcountry beginners can find dark sky places away from light pollution.

The biggest planet in our Solar System just got a little smaller. Okay, not physically, but our measurements of Jupiter just ...

An interstellar comet racing through our solar system released methanol, methane and cyanide, NASA says. Could these life linked molecules hint at how worlds across the cosmos are seeded?

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky ...

UAE-based astronomers are warning members of the public of safety risks involved in trying to observe the moon through telescopes or binoculars on February 17, including temporary or permanent eye ...

Scientists have used theloudest gravitational wave signal ever recorded to put Albert Einstein’s century-old theory of general relativity to its toughest test yet. This extraordinary signal, known as ...

The moon's elevation above the horizon on Tuesday is less than the amount needed for the crescent to be sighted, according to a Saudi researcher ...

Dark matter keeps getting blamed for the universe’s big patterns while staying stubbornly out of reach. You cannot see it, touch it, or capture it.

French scientists discovered comet C/2026 A1 Jan. 13, currently approaching the sun. Here's what to know.