The world's space agencies are keeping close watch on an asteroid heading our way, because there's currently a 1 in 83 chance ...

Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of public and scientists alike and, as the search continues for more, researchers ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

We will never get an image of the Milky Way from above, but M81 or Bode's galaxy is a good stand-in – and now is a great time ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

The universe is vast and our journey to understand it has just begun.

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Several faculty at the University of California, Davis, are among the recipients of presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring and research announced by the White House Jan. 13 and 14. The ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...