Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the object, gathering clues on whether it grew larger over time like ...

Astronomers have finally identified the source of unusual X-rays from the bright star gamma-Cas, resolving a decades-long ...

A new map of the cosmos, including more than 47 million galaxies and other cosmic objects, represents one of the most ...

Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole.

An international team led by Dr. Indrani Das of Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA) has shown, ...

Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow larger over time. But the heftier the planet, the harder it is to explain ...

A team of Japanese scientists has developed a high-resolution X-ray telescope capable of detecting an object just 3.5 mm wide ...

The U.S., Israel and Argentina on Wednesday voted against a United Nations resolution led by Ghana to label the international slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and call for ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations. The vote at U.N. headquarters in New ...

Ghana-led UN resolution on transatlantic slavery adopted Experts say resolution is 'large step' at UN US votes against it, EU abstains over concerns Ghana said the resolution ‌was needed because the ...

A new lecture series at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor one of the most influential figures in the city’s astronomy history while bringing a distinguished alumnus back to the ...

A U.S. Court of Appeals denied a request to halt a land exchange at Oak Flat, clearing the way for mining work to begin. Resolution Copper now owns the land, which is sacred to the Apache people, and ...