BeNeLux, report that the chi Cygnids meteor shower (IAU shower #757) was detected this past week (cf. map at website URL for dates of 2025 Aug. 20-31). Based on past returns, the shower is expected ...

Artist’s impression of the long-period transient J1634+44, revealed to be a white dwarf with a companion. Credits: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Vosteen. LOFAR is a low-frequency radio astronomy array that ...

October belongs to Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon). This comet is expected to brighten dramatically, potentially reaching naked-eye visibility around its closest approach to Earth on October 21st (with ...

Astronomers Discover Hidden Moon Orbiting Uranus: JWST detects a hidden 6-mile moon (S/2025 U1), raising Uranus’ total to 29 and shedding light on its complex ring–moon system.

Scientists are getting closer in their search for life beyond earth. But with limited federal funding for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, supporters are the reason cutting-edge ...

Sign the petition today and join people around the world committed to keeping the search alive. Visit seti.org/opportunities/save-the-search-petition to make your voice heard and stand for science, ...

Are we alone in the universe? Or could there be other forms of life out there, waiting far away in the vast expanse of space? Hear from researchers, astrobiologists and astronomers on the possibility ...

We are closer than ever to finding aliens according to astrophysicist Adam Frank. He isn’t alone in his optimism. Over the last two decades, the tools used to search for extraterrestrials have been ...

What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits its host star. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, ...