Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has flown into the Sun's corona. Structures known as coronal streamers and the Milky Way can be ...

Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...

In a coordinated global effort, 26 observatories attempted to capture Quaoar’s shadow as it passed over Earth. Only a handful ...

Stargazing there, under what might be the best night sky on the planet, made me feel like I was seeing the universe properly ...

The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...

Months after arriving in orbit thanks to a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, NASA’s newest space ...

It's the so-called "Milky Way season" in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's everything you need to know about viewing the galaxy ...

How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...

We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to ...

The burst was so bright that it bounced off the Moon and illuminated Earth’s upper atmosphere, surpassing the brightness of a ...

Upgraded ALMA images expose hidden rings and spirals around baby stars, indicating planets begin taking shape mere cosmic ...