After cataloging thousands of worlds beyond our solar system, astronomers are now closing in on a far rarer prize: a moon ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is one of the darkest spots on Earth, a crown jewel for astronomers who flock to study the origins of ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

As the 3I/ATLAS nears its closest distance to Earth, an international team of astronomers now says the space rock may be covered in active, icy cryovolcanoes. If true, the evidence detailed in their ...

People usually apply to graduate programs at research universities in Washington. But uncertain funding means there could be ...