Discovered in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy, star PicII-503 has an extreme deficiency in iron—less than 1/40,000th of the sun. This signature makes it the clearest example of a star within a primordial ...

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

A new study suggests that "little red dots" spied by the James Webb telescope could be the universe's short-lived first ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close ...

Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)—a ten-year survey ...

On March 13, 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Before Herschel discovered Uranus, other astronomers had ...

Scientists worldwide respond to the publication of the three-volume monograph “Quantum Model of the Universe” #Physics ...

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

NASA’s DART images reveal binary asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos exchanging dust and debris, offering new insight into how ...

The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on New York City to help protect the Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan after a recent ...

Scientists studying a mysterious effect called cosmic birefringence—a subtle twist in the polarization of the universe’s oldest light—have developed a new way to reduce uncertainty in how it’s ...