The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

A research team in Japan has created a groundbreaking Milky Way simulation that follows more than 100 billion stars with a level of detail that was once thought impossible.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures Apep, a rare triple-star system where two Wolf–Rayet stars create vast spiral ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...

It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, held in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage on a small dome, but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms.

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried ...

The distant universe might be littered with supermassive stars between 1000 and 10,000 times the mass of the sun, which could ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever image of four dust spirals surrounding the Wolf-Rayet stars in the ...

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A new study casts doubt on the universe’s accelerating expansion, suggesting dark energy might be weakening over time.

A team of researchers has confirmed stars ring loud and clear in a "key" that will harmonize well with the science goals and ...