When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

Richard Fishacre, a 13th-century Dominican friar, challenged the prevailing belief that celestial bodies were made of a 'fifth element.' His assertions, based on light and color, prefigured modern ...

MOST is unlike any spectroscope ever built. It can unravel the light of 2,400 celestial objects simultaneously into 18,000 ...

The object, initially thought to be a meteorite, could actually be Zond 1, a Soviet spacecraft that was destined for Venus 60 ...

This image provided by NASA shows X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (represented in blue) that have been combined with infrared data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope (cyan, light ...

A brand-new celestial visitor is cutting a path through our solar system, but its greatest value may not be in what it hides, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of ...

In the realm of astronomy, the recent perihelion passage of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has captured the attention of researchers and enthusiasts alike. This article delves into the latest data ...

In the last two to three years the world of amateur telescopes has been turned on its head. The advances in technology have ...

Differences in SEDs, spectroscopic features, and spatial morphologies among various types of celestial objects. From top to bottom, the examples shown correspond to a galaxy, a quasar, and a star. The ...

This image provided by NASA shows X-rays from NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory (represented in blue) that have been combined with infrared data from NASAs retired Spitzer Space Telescope (cyan, light ...