The universe is filled with galaxies, including our own Milky Way. When pictured, galaxies appear like fairly set areas with ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see ...

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Thursday, Oct. 31, with sky charts, ...

Prior research has shown that the Milky Way started its life as a single entity ... mass of approximately 3.7 billion times that of the sun. These findings challenge prior theories because ...

If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or even an array of dish ...

The Milky Way galaxy has had a violent history ... population of 20 stars currently orbiting in the vicinity of the Sun. Unlike the Sun, however, these stars have almost no metals.

What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow we call the Milky W ...

dense cloud compressed our sun's protective field between two and three million years ago, leaving the Earth exposed to cosmic material Christian Thorsberg In an event that occurs only once every ...

Glowing red lights make it easier to wander the nightscape at Keweenaw Dark Sky Park and Keweenaw Mountain Lodge.

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured an incredibly detailed timelapse of solar activity, revealing a roiling sun sprouting several massive loops of plasma. The Milky Way looks stunning above ...