Dark Matter experiment is a large research effort involving over 200 scientists and engineers at 40 institutions worldwide.

Research and development is underway to create robots that can hunt for signs of life in the vast oceans that exist under the ...

Study reveals NGC 5018's significant globular cluster population Radial density profile of globular clusters shows evolutionary patterns Tidal forces shape NGC 5018 galaxy group’s globular cluster sys ...

The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One of the key efforts is now ...

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal 44 stars in a galaxy so far away, its light dates to when the universe was half its age.

Jupiter’s iconic bands of clouds, swirling with hues of orange, white, and brown, have captivated scientists and stargazers ...

Observations with the South Pole Telescope have revealed an independent addition to the biggest problem in cosmology.

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 -- ...

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