Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

Northumberland has some of the most pristine dark skies in Europe and a range of ways to enjoy them, from observatory tours to cosy forest cabins equipped with state-of-the-art telescopes. Set in ...

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A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has a bizarre carbon-rich atmosphere filled with soot clouds and ...

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Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event was first signaled by a gamma-ray burst and later confirmed ...

Artist's conception of James Webb Space Telescope. Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, ...

Mid-infrared observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, shown in white, gray, and red, are combined here with X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, highlighted in blue. Together, ...