A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...

With images from the Hubble Space Telescope, we have new information here in the Milky Way about our closest neighboring ...

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

As one of the last remaining areas in South Wales with truly dark skies, Gower National Landscape will be protected from ...

It took a while, but investors and space enthusiasts are finally getting the drama they have been looking for: David versus Goliath, but in space. Blue Origin, David in this story, made big strides in ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

You’ll be able to view a rare alignment of planets this month and into February. Our astrotourism expert reveals the best ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion ...

A creative new method uses decades of data to learn about the 3D structure of molecular clouds, the birthplace of stars, in ...