Scientists believe that they have found the signal left in the sky from the ultra-rapid expansion of space in the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, the first direct evidence of the theory yet discovered.
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have discovered the largest yellow hypergiant star ever observed.
A recently discovered asteroid measuring about 30m across is expected to come within 217,000 miles (350,000km) of Earth tonight, passing between the Earth and the Moon.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is providing a new perspective on the remote universe, including new views of young and distant galaxies bursting with stars. Scientists described the findings Tuesday in a news conference sponsored by the American Astronomical Society
Astronomers have found three planets that may be capable of supporting life orbiting the Gliese 667C star, which is just 22 light years away from earth