Scientists find 2 ‘failed stars’ that may have a second chance to shine bright — by getting together
"Failed star" brown dwarfs may get a second chance to shine by colliding and merging to birth a new star.
Triangulum Galaxy dazzles in psychedelic color | Space photo of the day for March 23, 2026
Astronomers captured a colorful new portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, revealing complex clouds of gas in between the galaxy's 40 billion stars.
Are mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually baby galaxies under construction?
What if the mysterious 'Little Red Dots' aren't baby black holes, but rather globular clusters in their messy, glorious formation?
Could our universe exist because black holes ate up all the antimatter?
Did primordial black holes born during the Big Bang swallow the universe's antimatter, allowing matter to dominate the cosmos?
What if the next great astronomer isn’t human? How AI is revolutionizing our study of the cosmos
We're just scratching the surface of what the innovative collaboration between human astronomers and AI can unlock.
The loneliest places in the universe might actually be some of the best places for life
Extreme exomoons with tidal heating and thick, hydrogen-rich atmospheres may be able to create billions of years of potentially habitable surface conditions.
Astronomers keep finding new moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Astronomers have found four new moons orbiting Jupiter and 11 new moons around Saturn.
Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare cosmic moment: a comet breaking apart in real time.
Astronomers missed a space explosion as powerful as a billion suns — until they spotted its echo
A cosmic explosion with an energy equivalent to the output of a billion suns went unnoticed by astronomers until they caught the "echo" of this gamma-ray burst.
These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can’t penetrate
These worlds are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog.