A data visualization of the motions of galaxies in structures called basins of attraction. The Milky Way is the red dot. Credit: University of Hawai'i If you want to pinpoint your place in the ...

If galaxies, galaxy clusters, and superclusters are the "fibers" and "nodes" that make up the cosmic web, then cosmic voids ...

The universe has a habit of making us feel spectacularly insignificant, but some discoveries take this to an entirely new […] ...

The Milky Way, our warped spiral galaxy, spans 120,000 light-years and hosts over 200 billion stars, including our Sun. It's ...

As humans’ understanding of the universe has deepened over the years, astronomers have discovered that Earth is part of an increasingly large number of cosmic structures, shaped by gravitational ...

The vastness of space can be hard to wrap your head around. Say you are an ordinary beam of light blazing through space at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. It would take you 8 minutes and 20 ...