Flares from a supermagnetized star may have generated as much as 10 percent of our galaxy’s heavy elements.

Artistic depictions of the Ancient Egyptian god Nut reveal an awareness of the Milky Way galaxy.

For the first time, astronomers located a molecular cloud by detecting hydrogen, its key component, rather than other ...

Learn the best time and place to view the upcoming Eta Aquarids meteor shower.

Learn why the planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, is only the fourth such discovered and will disappear in one to two million years.

Not only could we be one step closer to finding out if completely dark halos really do exist, but the research may also help us discover traces of some of the earliest stars in the universe. “Looking ...

They likely navigated by using landmarks and, possibly, stars since they almost certainly completed part of their journey at night. Such a distance, at an average speed of about 2.5 miles an hour, ...

The true catalyst for life, however, may have arrived from space. Despite the cold, icy conditions of interstellar clouds scattered between star systems, these regions contain a variety of prebiotic ...

That exoplanet orbits a star in what is considered the habitable zone. That zone is a sort of sweet spot for potential life — a distance from a star not too close where heat would evaporate water and ...