As such, it will likely be some time before we have a solid understanding of just how many solar systems exist within our galaxy. But it's not just the size of the Milky Way that makes it ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

Most have been found via microlensing: their gravity acts as a lens that boosts the light of a background star in a ...

In our neighborhood of the Milky Way, we see a region surrounding the solar system that is far less dense than average. But ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Searching for signs of life in the solar system and beyond has long been a quest for astronomers and scientists across a ...