What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way completes the merger with the Andromeda Galaxy? Bryan ...

A POWERFUL telescope floating in space has discovered an extremely rare Einstein ring of light around a nearby galaxy. The ...

Meet Quipu, a new contender for the largest known structure in the universe. It’s essentially a giant cluster of galaxy ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...

STARGAZERS are in for a treat this month as a rare planet parade falls in Andromeda galaxy season. “One of the best planet ...

Centaurus A: NGC 5128 is a galaxy in constellation Centaurus, discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Messier ...

At least 50 billion planets in our own Milky Way galaxy are likely to be free-floaters ... in the Orion Trapezium star cluster some 1300 light years away in Orion. They simulated 2522 planets ...

So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge of our galaxy's size, age, speed and more with the 15 ...

Imagine a spacecraft propelled by nothing but light. A massive aluminum-coated ... and scientists have envisioned spacecraft powered by solar sails since the 1600s. But now this fanciful concept ...

That will make it a great time to see zodiacal light—sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust left in the solar system ... M81 (Bode’s galaxy) is a large spiral galaxy about 12 million light ...

Auroras could light up the night sky following a severe solar storm. Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.