Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed ...

Previous research suggests that brown dwarfs should contain phosphine—which forms when phosphorus combines with ...

Phosphorus is one of six key elements necessary for life on Earth. When combined with hydrogen, phosphorus forms the molecule ...

The Copernican Principle, named in honor of Nicolaus Copernicus (who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe), states ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

The discovery that black hole growth may not be limited to galactic centers could shed light on the role supermassive black holes, with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun, play in ...

As night blanketed southern Thailand, a “dwarf”-like creature with “long” fingers moved along a swampy area near a temple. Its “golden” eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one ...

This compact and portable smart telescope provides an affordable way for beginners to get started with astroimaging.