A NASA satellite that went silent nearly 60 years ago has shocked scientists by suddenly firing off one of the most powerful ...

The Sculptor galaxy, also known as NGC 253, is similar in size, mass, and shape to our own spiral Milky Way. ESO researcher Enrico Congiu said ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under ...

For the last year or so, astronomers and sky lovers have been waiting for the explosion of T Coronae Borealis. The system is a notorious recurring nova, which is expected to go any moment now, but ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

Ancient Greek astronomers were the first to gather knowledge about space exploration. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could thank them now!

The summer solstice occurs when Earth reaches the point in its orbit where the North Pole is angled closest to the Sun ...

A potential solution to the decades-long “missing matter” problem has been uncovered in astronomers' recent analysis of X-ray ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

After more than 20 years of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ready for its grand opening, and the ...

An international team of scientists used expertise, patience, microlensing, and a little bit of luck to make an exceptionally rare discovery.