Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast atmosphere. Using nearly eight years of ...

They expect that this dark matter cloud, technically a Reionization-Limited H I Cloud (RELHIC), is a primordial remnant of a ...

A team of scientists has estimated that the Hubble Space Telescope could reenter Earth’s atmosphere and meet its fiery demise ...

So from Morales’ location, the telescope’s passage across the Sun was so brief that missing the precise moment would have meant losing the opportunity altogether. Moreover, catching Hubble against the ...

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247) is being held Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 and will feature remarkable ...

But first, a bit of space telescope history. One of the most powerful space-based telescopes to be launched into the Earth’s ...

On Wednesday evening, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one ...

A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a ...