Summer stargazing begins with some spectacular sights, including the hyped conjunction of Jupiter and Venus, which get close ...

The familiar concept of a planetary core, a small, dense metallic heart we take for granted, may be the exception rather than ...

A stunning spiral galaxy called Messier 88 is racing through the crowded Virgo Cluster on a journey that will dramatically ...

Astronomers say that they have identified 20 stars that may have grown up together in a dwarf galaxy named "Loki" that ...

To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.

Galaxies, like so many other astronomical objects, are surprisingly difficult to define. Here’s a hand-wavy attempt: a galaxy is a collection of stars, gas, dust and dark matter all held together by ...

Amazing 4K Galaxy Of Closest Pair Of Black Holes Seen Posted: May 14, 2026 | Last updated: May 14, 2026 Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the ...

Galaxy of closest pair of black holes viewable in stunning 4K Posted: May 8, 2026 | Last updated: May 8, 2026 Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It ...

Venus conjunction over Washington, D.C. to a meteor streaking through Earth’s atmosphere as seen from the International Space ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

In a recent paper in Nature, a team of scientists led by Kimihiko Nakajima, an astronomer at the Kanazawa University, Japan, used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe an ultra-faint galaxy called ...