For those in midlatitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, the arc of our galaxy becomes easier to see in May. Here's when and ...

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula system is the closest star-forming region to Earth, and as such has come under the scrutiny of both ...

A star in a faraway galaxy is sending itself into a spiral of doom, repeatedly plunging through a disk of hot gas surrounding ...

Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

From meteor showers to constellations, here's everything you need to know about observing the summer sky using the unaided ...

Along with a number of neighbouring galaxies — including our closest galactic neighbour, the Andromeda Galaxy — it forms what ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it's not alone. There is also likely a forest of binary ...

The ELT is on its way to becoming the largest optical telescope in the world, and as it rises beneath some of the clearest ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class ...