Astronomers are living in a golden age of bigger and better telescopes. But even our most advanced technology pales in ...

From individual lenses providing unique new insights into distant galaxies, to studying the effect over large statistical ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system. The Hubble ...

The protocol used to find these young supernova explosions could be used on data from the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

Tour the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's views of the Virgo cluster, Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas. Credit: ...

In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These ...

The BBC reports that the Rubin Observatory could increase the number of known objects in our solar system tenfold. It should detect potentially hazardous asteroids near Earth, and map the Milky Way.

UW’s Institute for Data-intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, founded in 2016 with support from the Charles and ...

Scientists have discovered a peculiar supernova that may have resulted from a star's misguided attempt to swallow a black hole. The new case, soon to be published in The Astrophysical Journal, ...

This week, astronomers have documented the occurrence of an unprecedented stellar death unlike anything seen before.

Using AI, astronomers discover a new type of supernova, SN 2023zkd, the strongest evidence yet of a dying star being ...

Good morning. Today we’re going inside a cancer research scandal that unfolded on the watch of future MIT president Sally ...