Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy ... the hypervelocity stars cannot be explained by other mechanisms, such ...

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

Europe's Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement" on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way ... problems for the new kids on the block, the ESA's ...

open image in gallery A group of researchers say they’ve found mysterious ‘space tornadoes’ in the center of the Milky Way galaxy ... who led the research, explained. What they found ...

In a first-ever near-infrared study of a recurrent nova beyond the Milky Way, astronomers have discovered ... and so on, and so on," explained Evans. Nova LMCN 1968-12A (LMC68), which is located ...

The Milky Way rotates counterclockwise ... to us because they are also behind an event horizon." This would also explain why there seem to be more rotations in one direction.

From a trip to Roger Williams Park Zoo to aquariums, museums and stargazing in Charlestown, here's how to build some memories ...