For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical ...

There is an official date for the opposition of Mars, but that's not the only night to observe it. The Red Planet will actually be brighter three days earlier, when it's closer to Earth (a consequence ...

My collaborators and I have just tackled one of astrophysics’ enduring mysteries: how massive elliptical galaxies can form. Now, for the first time, we have solid observational evidence that ...

It lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter ... Dwarf galaxy—The smallest and most common kind of galaxy. Elliptical galaxy—A galaxy that appears round or elliptical and lacks a disk ...

That's because 2025 is not what astronomers call a "perihelic opposition," which is when Mars gets closest to Earth while near its closest point to the sun on its slightly elliptical orbit.