Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months.

Neutron stars explained through stellar remnants and collapsed stars, revealing extreme density, gravity, magnetism, and ...

How does one chart the universe when the entire observable part of it lies hidden behind dust and the glow of distant ...

Hubble identified the largest known protoplanetary disk, revealing a turbulent, chaotic environment with material extending ...

One of the greatest mysteries the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was developed to investigate was the birth of ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Crab Nebula reveals gas from ancient supernova explosion Betelgeuse shows late-stage evolution of a massive star Stellar death spreads elements, triggering new star formation ...

James Webb Space Telescope detects extreme nitrogen in galaxy GS 3073, providing evidence of supermassive Population III stars and their role in forming early supermassive black holes.

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre carbon-rich planet orbiting a neutron star, PSR J2322-2650b, with soot clouds and ...

NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory maps the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, enabling 3D galaxy distribution studies, cosmic ...

The CGM acts as a critical interface between the galaxy and the cosmic web — the filamentary network of matter that forms the ...