Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

A new study from the NASA New Horizons mission team at the Southwest Research Institute have resulted in a first-of-its-type ...

Comets that have hit Earth have been a mixed bag. Early in Earth's history, during the solar system's chaotic beginning, they ...

The NASA team behind the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – due to launch in 2027 – have shared the designs for the ...

The Milky Way is known to host a diverse array of planetary systems, providing astronomers with extensive insights into how ...

Astronomers taking a close look at our nearest neighbor galaxy have made a highly unusual and model-challenging discovery; ...

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the closest to Earth and the sun.

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...

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An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

Giant flares blasted out of supermagnetized stars called "magnetars" could forge planets' worth of gold and other heavy ...