BEIJING -- China's Einstein Probe (EP) astronomical satellite has captured an X-ray flash from a rare and elusive binary star ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

Hundreds of millions of Americans will have the chance in March to see the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years.

The middle star in the dagger is actually not a star, but the Orion Nebula, which through a telescope is revealed to be a ...

How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.

This month, the world's inhabitants will be able to see a spectacular cosmic spectacle. In the night sky, the winter triangle ...