The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

The “Seven Sisters” have far more relatives than anyone imagined. Using NASA and ESA space telescopes, astronomers found ...

Far above the dusty lanes of the Milky Way, an unusual structure near the star-forming hub Cygnus X is rewriting what you ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...

Astronomers have discovered that the iconic Pleiades cluster, long admired as the “Seven Sisters,” is only a small part of a ...

An ominous-looking nebula named NGC 246 lurks in the constellation Cetus about 1,600 light-years away from Earth. It is nicknamed the "Skull Nebula," but some astronomers call it the "Pac-Man Nebula." ...

The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

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Meet HD 98800, a nearby quadruple‑star system in the constellation Crater. It sits about 150 light‑years away and is 10 million years old.

Discovered over the summer, the comet 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. It zipped harmlessly past Mars last month.

UBC astronomers release a sneak peak of the most accurate measurements yet of key aspects of the Universe, including star formation rates.