New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) could shed light on mysterious “little red dots” first spotted by the space observatory in 2022. In the latest observations, scientists have ...

To probe the mysteries of how galaxies evolve over time, scientists needed a supercomputer with out-of-this-world ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary celestial system containing a runaway pulsar fleeing the scene of a massive stellar supernova explosion. What makes this system even more spectacular is ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic explosion of high-energy gamma-rays unlike any ever seen before. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) ...

Astronomers studying a rare Einstein Cross stumbled upon an impossible “fifth image” that shouldn’t exist — and it revealed ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly ...

"Being an astronomer today is like being an explorer hundreds of years ago," Lada explains. "Scientists are constantly discovering new things, and you never know what you’re going to find next in a ...