Volcanoes can produce eruptions so powerful they release oceans of dust and toxic gases into the air, blocking out sunlight for decades.

In addition to gathering data on hundreds of known objects, this survey revealed 461 previously undetected objects.

The huge comet or minor planet, which astronomers are calling 'the coolest thing we've found', is expected to reach Saturn in 2031

While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect: Both are messy eaters.

A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved.

An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.

How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further

The James Webb Space Telescope, which astronomers hope will herald a new era of discovery, will launch on December 18, 2021.

Although thousands of planets have been discovered in the Milky Way, most reside less than a few thousand light years from Earth.

The rise and fall of sunlight reflected off the Moon, as it presents its different faces to us, is known as a "phase curve"

NASA has confirmed that its Perseverance rover has succeeded in collecting its first rock sample on Mars.

The first 3D-printed stellar nurseries are highly polished spheres about the size of a baseball, representing star-forming clouds of gas.

The familiar star at the center of our solar system has had billions of years to mature and ultimately provide life-giving energy to us here

Brown dwarfs aren't quite stars and aren't quite planets, and a new study suggests there might be more lurking in our galaxy than known.

Astronomers have succeeded for the first time in quantifying the proton and electron components of cosmic rays in a supernova remnant.

Gravity is the weird, mysterious glue that binds the Universe together, but that's not the limit of its charms.

Researchers found the solution to an intriguing paradox, opening up a new window for exploring the elusive magnetic fields of stars

A new technique for processing lunar radar data has allowed scientists to see what lies beneath the surface of the moon in detail.

The researchers detected the stars, whose rhythms arise from internal sound waves and provide the opening chords of a symphonic exploration

As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets