There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to ...

Discoveries keep pouring out of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Researchers observed an unusual cluster, which they ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

Hubble’s crystal-clear look at NGC 1786—an ancient globular cluster tucked inside the Large Magellanic Cloud—pulls us 160,000 ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.

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.

CIGA Design has unveiled the Blue Planet II Black Star Edition, a striking collaboration with Swiss atelier Label Noir that reimagines its Blue Planet series through a cosmic lens.

A new baby Bantha plush creature is now available in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We found the new ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...