The first publication by Galileo Galilei has set a new auction record for the celebrated astronomer, selling for $1.5 million at Christie's.

“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...

This video explores Euclid's “First Light” images, released in November 2023, less than a year after its launch. These stunning debut images from ESA's space telescope offer an unparalleled view of ...

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of conventional astronomy theory, and is making experts reconsider conventional ...

Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of A11pl3Z, a massive new interstellar object entering our solar system.

In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution created demand for stronger, more reliable materials for machines, railroads, ships and infrastructure. The material that emerged was ...

Galileo started this quest over 400 years ago, and scientists finally were able to peek at one of the biggest mysteries of the big star in our solar system.

The brand new Vera Rubin telescope is about to begin its 10-year mission to offer the newest cosmic perspective we've had in ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...

What does Italy have that New Jersey doesn't? Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos could have married here — for less!