For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

"These ultra-low density planets are rare and they defy conventional understanding of how gas giants form, and if explaining ...

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy categorisation: a small, rocky worl.

Scientists are baffled over mysterious dots captured by Space Telescope — with some suggesting they could be giant stars ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

Long-term observations of WOH G64 -- once considered the most extreme red supergiant star in its galaxy -- reveal that the ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre exoplanet with a giant underground ocean of magma that traps sulphur and may represent an entirely new class of worlds.

JWST has captured one of its most eerily beautiful images yet: A glowing cloud of gas and dust that resembles a giant brain in a transparent skull, suspended in space.

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...

Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.