According to astronomy, when you wish upon a star you’re a million years too late. The star is dead, just like your dreams. When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true.

The result is an impressive panorama, revealing approximately 200 million stars and extending six times the apparent diameter ...

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term habitability.

A century ago, Edwin Hubble unveiled a groundbreaking discovery that revolutionized humanity’s understanding of the cosmos.

Two Palmyra-Macedon High School seniors, Madeleine Sullivan and Richard Perry, recently presented their groundbreaking research on young star formation at the prestigious American Astronomical Society ...

"Section 31" is a wildly addictive addition to "Star Trek's" legacy that does not tarnish the sci-fi property's reputation, but could be catalogued as an enticing side note. It acts as an infinitely ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33,000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jet ...

He’d let me move the telescope around a bit, and I could ask questions. And he was always wonderful to share information with me. I probably just didn’t ask enough questions.” ...

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

All these questions and more will be answered at Hands-on Astronomy, a free science event for astronomers young and old on ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real. The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon ...