After a century of observations spanning the breadth of the cosmos and theoretical insights that push humanity’s vision of the universe to its utmost limits, we can finally, confidently say

A “dark object” detected as an anomalous notch in the arc of a gravitationally warped section of space, could be the smallest clump of pure dark matter yet found. If

Astronomers have long called Uranus and Neptune the “ice giants” because models suggested that these outer planets’ interiors are largely made of mixtures of water, ammonia and other ices —

Get ready stargazers! The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week overnight on Oct. 20-21, bringing with it a flurry of spectacular ‘shooting stars’ to brighten a blissfully dark moonless sky.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun its decade-long survey to scan the entire night sky every three days. To do this, it uses the Simonyi Survey Telescope and the