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

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and elsewhere have observed an ultra-diffuse galaxy known as FCC 224. Results of the ...

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 ...

Our solar system resides in a galaxy called the Milky Way ... it would look like an enormous spiral about 100,000 light years across. The centre of the galaxy is a dense and chaotic place ...

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.

What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way completes the merger with the Andromeda Galaxy? Bryan MitchellMaricopa, Arizona Your excellent question affords us the opportunity to ...

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

Here’s how it works. The best solar lights will keep your backyard or porch lit once the sun goes down. If you enjoy relaxing in the backyard or hosting evening gatherings, solar lights can add ...

This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth. In addition to being a well-defined spiral galaxy ...

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 ...