Learn how many stars there are in the Milky Way, and how astronomers count them.

Catch a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy as it hangs high in the October night sky. Late October presents a perfect ...

Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust may have recorded meteorite and comet impacts as our planet traveled through the spiral arms ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and powerful 'odd radio circle' (ORC) ever detected. These enormous, mysterious ...

Using JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists found the most powerful and distant 'odd radio circle' (ORC) ever detected. The ...

Three new ORCS – "odd radio circles" – have been found associated with giant, active galaxies, giving astronomers clues as to ...

For decades, astronomers have looked to the outer reaches of the cosmos for answers to our most fundamental questions: Where ...