"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...

TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties High on a Chilean mountain the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is, at last, ...

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City ...

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

The Vera C. Rubin observatory will host a “first look” event at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, June 23. You can watch it live right ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of ...

Moons and other matter. More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites, they orbit planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, and other debris.

The sun is unique in that it's the only star in our solar system. Up to 85% of stars have at least one companion star. The sun contains over 99% of the mass of our entire solar system.

Rubin’s data will help scientists piece together how our solar system formed and evolved. The predicted stats are staggering: 127,000 NEOs, 109,000 Jupiter Trojans , 37,000 distant Kuiper Belt ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.