Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

Stargazing in July hopefully promises warm nights in Wyoming. The highlight of July evenings is the prominent band of the Milky Way arcing across the dark skies. Along the Milky Way, you’ll spot the ...

Also, this month, the July full moon, or Buck Moon, will grace the sky and reach peak illumination in the zodiac sign of ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

A new composite image of the Andromeda Galaxy is offering an unprecedented view of our closest spiral galactic neighbor. Composed by NASA and international space partners, the image combines data from ...

A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers have identified a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy ...

But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...

More than 50 fireworks shows are set to dazzle skies across the Chicago area on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4 for the ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare planet hiding at the edge of our galaxy using a space-time phenomenon that was first predicted by Albert Einstein. The exoplanet, AT2021uey b, is a Jupiter-sized gas ...