For centuries, humanity believed that Earth was the center of the universe, a view championed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. But ...

The JWST discovers the Zhúlóng spiral galaxy, as massive as the Milky Way, formed only a billion years after the Big Bang.

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...

There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.

For the first time, astronomers have successfully observed the earliest stages of planet formation around a star outside our ...

If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might ...

Hidden in the ‘Infinity Galaxy,’ a black hole floats in space where none should exist, upending old ideas about black hole birth.

The latest research results indicate that these famous star clusters represent the different phases of life of one ...