A massive eruption from a volcanic comet flying through the solar system has been observed by astronomers, estimated to be ejecting more than 1 million tons of debris into space.
Earlier this year, on the 2nd of February 2022, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) identified a flash within the optical waveband, with an apparent magnitude of ~20.
A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge have carried out one of the first astrophysical studies of the cosmic dawn, uncovering important information about the first stars and galaxies to exist in our univ
The James Webb space telescope (JWST) continues to provide astounding insights into the nature of exoplanets as it completes part of the Transiting Exoplanet Early Release Science Program with the goal of compiling the fu
For decades, astronomers have thought that the diffuse cloud of gas, stars, and dark matter known as the stellar halo is largely spherical and isotropic.
Since 2000, evidence for Mars having contained liquid water on its surface has been well documented, with the extent to which this has been the case still being a debate today.