With the vastness of the Universe, everything in it seems so spread out. But some objects are closer than you might realize. Every now and then, a random interstellar asteroid passes through the Oort ...

New research shows weak black hole activity in red geyser galaxies prevents star formation despite ample gas, using observations of inflows, outflows, and galaxy interactions.

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in ...

Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them ...

The concept of dogfighting amongst the stars has been around far longer than video games set in space, but it's been a ...

Known as blue straggler stars, these age-defying celestial objects have mystified astronomers for more than 70 years. "Blue stragglers are anomalously massive core hydrogen-burning stars that, ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

Feeling unruly? An official prequel novel to 2024's " Star Wars Outlaws " is coming next month entitled " Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon ." Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft's third-person, ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will conduct the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, observing hundreds of millions of stars and exoplanets in the Milky Way’s center.

The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, was discovered by ...