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Astronomers are preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will happen approximately 3,000 light years away from Earth, yet will be visible.

Astronomers discovered a mysterious burst of bright light in 2020 that was tracked 848 million light-years away, and now that mystery has been solved.

Astronomers discovered an egg-shaped object in 2008 that's twice the size of Jupiter and seemingly caught in a death spiral into its host star.

Astronomers call this rare phenomenon the 'SpaceX spiral,' seemingly appearing out of nowhere in the night sky above the Arctic last week.

Scientists have detected objects orbiting two of the most iconic planets in the solar system, increasing the total object count for these planets.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a galaxy in the early universe that's so large that it technically shouldn't exist.

Astronomers have discovered a strange and curious object approximately 800 light-years away from Earth resembling a vampiric sandwich.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured multiple spiral galaxies lurking out beyond the perimeter of the Milky Way galaxy.

Researchers have discovered a surprising new type of star deep within the center of our Milky Way galaxy with dramatic brightness changes.

Astronomers stumbled across the first known intergalactic trail of stars, estimated to be approximately 10 times the size of the Milky Way.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has pointed its instruments at a close super-Earth, and its data may answer critical questions about its signals.

A team of researchers has intercepted an ancient radio signal that traveled more than 8 billion years before it finally reached Earth.

Astronomers have identified a 'zombie' astronomical object rampaging its way out of a region of the universe at an astonishing 23,000 mph.

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of the best astronomy photography in their respective categories. Here's the top 5.

A Harvard astronomer has said that advanced civilizations elsewhere in the universe could be creating baby universes in laboratories.

NASA and the European Space Agency's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the iconic Ring Nebula known as Messier 57, or M57.

A team of astronomers have identified four black holes located millions of light years away from Earth on a set path to collide with each other.

A group of researchers has created the first 3D simulation of the inside of a star, giving insight into the evolution of stars and galaxies.

New research suggests that the universe could be more than twice as old as what researchers previously estimated, which was 13.8 billion years old.

A team of astronomers has used space telescopes belonging to NASA and the European Space Agency to identify four mysterious planets.

A team of astronomers has completed a review of NASA data and found the chances of Earth being struck by a massive asteroid over the next 1,000 years.

For the first time ever, astronomers have caught a star in the act of consuming or engulfing a planet, giving insight into Earth's distant future.

Astronomers have detected a very rare cosmic phenomenon occurring in deep space, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed it.

An astronomer has captured incredible footage of a speedy meteorite slamming into the surface of the moon from his home in Hiratsuka.

Astronomers have discovered rings encircling a distant object in our solar system, providing further insights into the formation of rings in general.

A team of astronomers has identified an extremely rare star system that is on its way to dying in an explosive collision called a kilonova.

A group of astronomers has snapped what is described as the most detailed image of the Moon ever snapped from the surface of Earth.

Astronomers have detected a black hole devouring a star nearby its location from more than one million light years away from Earth, out in deep space.

A group of astronomers have discovered a mysterious object out in deep space that has been deemed 'strange' in a recently published study.

A group of astronomers has become star-struck at the brightest flash of light that has ever been seen, probably caused by a black hole forming.

Two neutron stars collided, causing a jet of material that astronomers initially believed traveled more than seven times the speed of light.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has photographed the furthest known star in the universe - named after a Tolkien character.

Previously unknown asteroids have been found in a rarely surveyed part of the sky between the Sun and Earth that could hide more.

A new artificial intelligence named Zoobot and humans has teamed up to discover tens of thousands of ring galaxies in space.

A group of astronomers has discovered a multiplanet system within 10 parsecs or within our relative galactic neighborhood.

Researchers from the European Southern Observatory working on the Event Horizon Telescope will be announcing findings on May 12th.

NASA and the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope has been used to photograph a 'wispy' galaxy out in deep space.

A team of researchers believes that they have observed one of the brightest megamaser lasers that have ever been recorded.

An astronomer detected an asteroid approximately the size of a fridge a couple of hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere.

A team of astronomers has spotted a 'vampire' star devouring a companion star that is located in relatively close vicinity.

NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has revealed there's a potentially hazardous space rock about to approach Earth.

Researchers from Leiden University have discovered the largest radio galaxy yet at 16.3 million light-years long, named Alcyoneus.

Astronomers have detected out-of-place elements on the surface of a white dwarf star that may have come from dead planet remains.

An astronomer has pointed his telescope at what he describes as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to collide with the Moon.

Researchers have found evidence of a comet narrowly missing Earth but still managing to cause devastating damage to the surface.

A new study published in 'Astrophysical Journal Letters' claims SpaceX's Starlink satellites are photobombing astronomers' images.

Astronomers have snapped a 'remarkable' image of the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, showcasing a supermassive black hole.

The once-thought star cluster B023-G078 may instead be a stripped nucleus with a black hole of one-hundred-thousand solar masses.

NASA has outlined how skywatchers will be able to see the Quadrantid meteor, which may be one of the best meteor showers of 2022.

A new study published in Nature Astronomy details the discovery of what appears to be the birth of a baby black hole in deep space.