These images feature zodiacal light — the faint, diffuse glow created by sunlight scattering off dust particles in space. In one view captured by the PUNCH mission's WFI-2 instrument on April 18 ...

After a "fireball" streaked across the sky over Maoming, South China's Guangdong Province, and nearby areas on Wednesday night, illuminating the sky like daytime, an astronomer from the National ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower, but only when viewed from the tropics and south of the equator.

Scientists observe rare light bursts from the Milky Way’s black hole, Sagittarius A, offering new insights into black holes ...

A newly analyzed radio image reveals twin lobes stretching roughly 66,000 light-years on each side of a quasar called ...

Dense cosmic objects like neutron stars and white dwarfs may decay faster than previously thought, challenging predictions.

Scientists have developed a new computer model to explore the the interstellar medium, in turn generating stunning images ...

Lu Lu looks forward to the next two decades of neutrino astrophysics, exploring the remarkable detector concepts needed to ...

Jupiter, roughly 562 million miles from Earth today, has nearly 100 moons. But Batygin and his collaborator Fred Adams' ...

Scientists have been baffled after spotting two galaxies entangled in a 'cosmic joust', with one galaxy wielding a deadly ...

Shot by the James Webb Telescope, this breathtaking glimpse into the Eagle Nebula uncovers the towering cosmic dust pillars.

In order to respond to these threats, government agencies need to coordinate. That is where SWORM comes in. Formed in 2014 to ...