The dream of finding life on an alien Earth-like world is hampered by a number of technical challenges. Not the least of ...

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

Physicists have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but difficult-to-achieve wavelength range, packing the performance of larger photonic devices ...

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar planets' orbiting a ...

A high school student in California has made a remarkable contribution to astronomy by developing an artificial intelligence ...

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, astronomers have observed galaxies that existed more ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured a stunning image of the Helix Nebula, also known as NGC 7293. This image captures the star-forming region NGC 3324, seen in infrared light. This stunning image ...