Astrophysicists suggest our galaxy may lie inside a "cosmic void" - offering a new explanation for the universe’s conflicting ...

Muhammad Umar, who uses his mother’s Celestron telescope to view the stars, said Jupiter, the largest and oldest planet in ...

Scientists have discovered that our galaxy may be surrounded by far more companion galaxies than previously detected. New ...

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

A renowned physicist believes he's cracked the mystery of where a giant unidentified object hurtling through our solar system ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

In October 1604, astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler spotted a new star in the sky and began tracking it. Over the course of several weeks, the star remained visible in the daytime and ...

Colorado residents and visitors who tilt their heads skyward after dark this July will witness awe-inspiring astrological ...

Back in 2010, scientists spotted something shocking: a pair of gigantic, glowing lobes of gas bursting from the Milky Way’s ...

By Kat Troche As summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere, a familiar constellation rises with the galactic core of the ...