Would people travel to see the Milky Way like they do for the Great Barrier Reef? This tiny town thinks dark sky tourism is ...

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...

Radio galaxies already feature mind-bending physics, with supermassive black holes accreting matter at the galactic core and sending out vast plasma jets that glow at radio frequencies. Those larger ...

Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Shane Turgeon says he's been chasing the light ever since he had a nervous breakdown in 2012."It scared the hell out of me, ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

One petition for the comeback of the Milky Way Crispy Rolls gained over 8,000 signatures. The treats combine crispy wafer, ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...