In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

A renewed rivalry between the United States and China in space exploration has placed special focus on Lagrange points.

New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...

Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...

A. This year we renewed the agreement between NASA and Spain, a significant milestone for the future of the Madrid Deep Space ...

Two radio telescopes with 40-meter-diameter antennas, one located on Changbai Mountains, Jilin province, and the other in Shigatse, Xizang autonomous region, have been put into operation.

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...

The universe is vast and full of mysteries, and recent advancements in astronomy are helping us uncover secrets about deep ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object ...

The two new telescopes will better support China's lunar exploration projects and radio astronomy research, the observatory said ... providing important support for China's future deep space ...

This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be ...