News

A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda galaxy. Zoom in and explore.
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas and dust located in a little-known region of our ...
Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.
Astronomers have discovered that vampire white dwarfs that feast on victim companion stars have assistance in acquiring prey in the form of lurking third stars.
Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...
Sounds of Big Bang' Shed New Light on Milky Way Galaxy's Uncanny Home Most of the astronomical objects are identified by ...
The Earth, the solar system, and the entire Milky Way are stranded near the centre of a giant, mysterious hole where the ...
"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas website.
In his new book '52 Assignments: Night Photography', award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury invites you to raise your lens and embark on a journey through the night sky to capture everything from ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours. His influence in astronomy continues to this day.
Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the universe in unprecedented detail, from violent cosmic collisions to faraway ...
"This is five times more than all the astronomers in the world discovered during the last 200 years since the discovery of the first asteroid," Željko Ivezić, Deputy Director of Rubin's Legacy Survey ...