NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered 36 new dwarf galaxies around Andromeda and ongoing star formation within them, ...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) detected the magnetic field streamlines shown over this image of the Keyhole Nebula, part of the larger Carina Nebula, captued by the ...

The newest generation of radio telescopes – including the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and MeerKAT, a telescope in South Africa – is revealing incredibly faint cosmic objects, ...

Astronomy lovers in America will be treated to a great show in this month. In the early morning of March 14, a total lunar ...

When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. But as Sarah Wild discovers, its ...

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting ...

Scientists have used the wobble of the Milky Way and what are known as "cosmic lighthouses" to shine a light on the mystery ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the entire sky in 102 different “colors” of light, offering scientists an unprecedented ...

Our Solar System is in motion and cruises at about 200 kilometres per second relative to the center of the Milky Way. During ...

Ocracoke, the southernmost island of the Outer Banks, is not only one of the country’s most sought-after beach towns, but ...