This approach can now be used to determine the rotation rate of any celestial object with a magnetic field and auroras — ...

We expect that [T Coronae Borealis] will erupt any night now, any month now,” Bradley Schaefer, a Louisiana State University ...

Astronomers have identified two massive white dwarf stars in a binary system within the Milky Way, poised for a rare ...

VISIONS of leaving Earth and launching humanity further into the cosmos are enough to get anyone starry-eyed. But the ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

SPHEREx, NASA’s new space telescope, just opened its eyes to the universe and delivered its very first images from space.

Skygazers can enjoy meteor showers and other dazzling displays in the night sky all month long, according to astronomers.

After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

Researchers find that stars in the universe create "music" by vibrations, unlocking the past history, evolution, and internal ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and the Pythagoreans.

Galaxy Games is a local party game for the Nintendo Switch. It pits up to four cute characters against each other in ...

An elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy appear as one celestial body as a result of the effects of mass on spacetime, the fabric of the universe. Two celestial bodies become one in a rare cosmic ...