Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...