Astronomers say that mysterious interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are the most common large bodies in the ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's ...

Recently, an interstellar comet named 3I/ATLAS has caught the attention of astronomers worldwide. This unexpected visitor from a distant galaxy not only refreshes our understanding of the universe but ...

In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing—the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will ...

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

A hidden magnetic island inside a coronal hole unleashed a surprise G3 storm, sparking dazzling displays across the US.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronaut Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from ...

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are predicted to collide and merge between 3.9 and 5.6 billion years from now, based on observed relative motion. The merger process will involve multiple ...

Even more startling, over 99 percent of U.S. residents live under skies impacted by artificial light—effectively erasing the ...