An unexpected detour revealed a treasure trove of blue boulders on the Red Planet in an ancient river channel.

Astronomers hypothesize that a long-ago dwarf galaxy dubbed Loki may have merged with the Milky Way when our galaxy was in ...

From the mysterious 'Hand of God' to the shiny brilliance showcasing the formation of new stars in the Westerlund 2 cluster, ...

NASA's SOFIA detected the blue areas (20 microns) near the center of this composite image of the Swan Nebula, revealing gas as it’s heated by massive stars located at the center Astronomers combined ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed.

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form.

Recently diagnosed with a kidney disease guaranteed to shorten her life, a woman processes life and death through space and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope was late to launch, but the observatory is making gup for lost time. After two years of ...

Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.

REBELS-25, a galaxy resembling the Milky Way found in the early universe, defies traditional models with its orderly ...

Astronomers have published an infrared map of the Milky Way that is considered the most detailed one of its kind. Researchers used the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope in Chile.

Nope. Even at night, there’s some light in the sky. There’s the moon, of course, but also, depending on where you live, ...