Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we’re inside it, ...
One hundred years ago, on November 23, 1924, a groundbreaking discovery reshaped our understanding of the universe. A small ...
Five telescopes of the H.E.S.S.-collaboration in Namibia are used to study cosmic radiation, especially gamma radiation. With ...
An astrophysicist and his team have made history by capturing the first-ever close-up image of a star in another galaxy.
With more sightings of the northern lights across the U.S. than usual in recent years, now is an excellent time to make the trek to a Dark Sky Place. Even if you don't see the rainbow of ...
Astronomers have snapped the first detailed close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way, and what they found is amazing.
Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...
A series of "red monsters" discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are complicating our accepted ideas about the ...
Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...
Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3 million years to form - quite swift ...
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered ...