Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

Amateur astronomers and stargazers on Staten Island and the New York metropolitan area will have an excellent opportunity to ...

On a mountaintop in northern Chile, the world’s largest digital camera is preparing to power up. Its mission is simple yet ambitious — to photograph the entire night sky in extreme detail and unlock ...

Size matters when it comes to telescopes. The bigger they are, the farther they can see. Prioritizing constructing large ones ...

Astronomers have confirmed that Betelgeuse has a close companion star, identified through a repeating wake of gas in its atmosphere, offering new insight into how massive stars change and lose materia ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed look yet at faraway galaxies at the peak of their youth, an active time when the ...

Space scientists say they have discovered "Cloud 9." A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new ...

Public libraries across the state will soon have one more resource available to check out. A new program is bringing ...

Sensitive equipment and historical artifacts — including the Mills spectrograph used in the observatory’s early days to ...

Cloud-9 contains no stars, making it a unique object for studying dark matter, and the cloud is composed of neutral hydrogen ...