A look at the enduring mystery of the ‘Star of Bethlehem’, exploring whether Jupiter, rare planetary alignments, comets or supernovae could explain the celestial event that has fascinated astronomers ...

Irish planetary scientists have christened a spider-like feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa as "Damhán Alla," which ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

The search for aliens has led astronomers to scour the farthest reaches of the cosmos for signs of life. But a new study suggests that we might not need to look so far from home. According to NASA ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured dramatic helium streams pouring off the super-puff exoplanet ...

A simple breakdown of the new 3I/ATLAS pulsing discovery and why scientists are checking if Callisto might be affected.

Check out the first findings from the Subaru Telescope.

Scientists, including Waterloo's Professor Lisa Dang from the physics and astronomy department, have discovered a huge cloud ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

For years, I’ve felt increasingly frustrated with modern astrology’s obsession with prediction — as if the planets were fortune cookies instead of living archetypal energies. Saturn and Mars reduced ...

SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and ...