The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.

One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick, obscuring disk of gas and dust marauds in front of it.

Two Palmyra-Macedon High School seniors, Madeleine Sullivan and Richard Perry, recently presented their groundbreaking research on young star formation at the prestigious American Astronomical Society ...

He’d let me move the telescope around a bit, and I could ask questions. And he was always wonderful to share information with me. I probably just didn’t ask enough questions.” ...

Astronomers have traced a mysterious fast radio burst to an unexpected place — an ancient, massive galaxy far removed from ...

The South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland is one of the world's leading sites for optical and infrared ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble unveiled a groundbreaking discovery that revolutionized humanity’s understanding of the cosmos.

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

At a time where many distracted themselves by looking down, maybe at a screen or a new bread recipe, fifth-year physics ...

Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...

According to astronomy, when you wish upon a star you’re a million years too late. The star is dead, just like your dreams. When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true.