With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

Researchers named it 'Oumuamua, Hawaiian for "scout". 'Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star ...

It's one of the first things any of us learn about astronomy – stars twinkle while planets don't. However, other point-like objects in the radio sky ...

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

A novel way to find aliens might be through gravitational wave detection, Loeb says. He is interested in laser interferometry ...