The solar system's journey through the galaxy is more complex than most imagine. While we often picture planets orbiting the ...

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

Though it appears as a softly glowing cloud against the darker sky, what we see is so much more remarkable. This is the rim of our galaxy’s disk arching across the sky. Its hazy appearance, of course, ...

A stronomers have discovered that the Milky Way might be just a small piece of a much larger cosmic structure than previously ...

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv ...

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our ...

Astronomers discover circular polarisation near massive protostar, offering insight into magnetic fields in star formation.

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

We've only known about its existence for a few short weeks, and already astronomers have been able to learn a lot about the ...