Astronomers

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery beyond Earth's orbit by discovering 12 new moons around Jupiter. Previously held by Saturn, the gas giant has overtaken Saturn as the planet with the most moons. Jupiter has 92 moons, much…

An asteroid, no more than a pile of rubble, is extremely hard to destroy. Astronomers believe that if the Earth were ever to face the threat of being struck by it, defending our planet would be impossible. When it comes to defense…

Wondering if there is life outside planet Earth? A recent signal received from a distant galaxy could help answer the question. In an astonishing development, astronomers have announced the remarkable discovery of a signal received…

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Telescope, astronomers have found out hundreds of previously hidden, or buried black holes. Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Telescope, astronomers have found out hundreds of previously…

ANI Washington, January 10   Astronomers have discovered more than 200 distant variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way's stellar halo. The most distant of these stars is…

A hunk of space rock that blazed across the Alberta sky in 2021 is helping researchers better understand a cluster of icy objects floating along the farthest reaches of the solar system.The fireball sped toward Earth on the morning of Feb.…

The 18 hexagonal mirrors of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope float nearly one million miles from Earth like golden eyes peering into the universe, searching for signs of life on alien planets. One of the leaders of the pursuit is…

Researchers not only detected the intra-group light but were able to study and tell the story of the stars that populate it. An international team of astronomers have turned a new technique onto a group of galaxies and the faint light…

Astronomers have meticulously studied a supernova that occurred about 11.5 billion years ago, when a faraway star about 530 times bigger than our sun perished in a violent explosion that flung its outer layers of gas into the surrounding…

Astronomers using the NOIRLab of the NSF's International Gemini Observatory have discovered the black hole closest to Earth. For the first time, the existence of a stellar-mass black hole in a state of inactivity has been established inside…