But while the newfound objects bear a strong resemblance to known classifications of quasars, they don't quite fit. For one ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured the mass of a rogue planet, a celestial body wandering through space ...

Scientists using a global array of radio telescopes have detected the universe’s lowest-mass dark object by observing how it warped light through gravitational lensing. The invisible mass, about a ...

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

On record 2025 as one of the most amazing years in contemporary astronomy, providing findings that would turn our collective ...

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing cluster of objects in the Kuiper belt, the enormous, donut-shaped region of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. This latest “inner kernel” was identified by ...

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space Telescope. The finding is puzzling because phosphine, a potential ...

A scientist spotted the asteroid hiding in the light of the sun. It's not an imminent threat to Earth, but other space rocks like it could be. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Experts believe that a five-foot-wide piece of space debris discovered near an Australian mining town was part of a dead Chinese rocket. The wreckage likely crashed just before it was found. When you ...

A large chunk of burning detritus discovered in the Pilbara desert of Western Australia appears to be space junk that reentered Earth's atmosphere, the Western Australia Police Force has announced.