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

Sky watchers are in for a treat this month as the stars align to give amateurs a shot to see six planets at once.

Planets with suns like Wolf 359 are subject to huge blasts of radiation that raise questions about their long-term habitability.

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.” ...

A child is usually named, with the hope that the name will have significance in its life in the shape of a desirable quality ...

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 ...

Supernovae are one of the most useful events in all of astronomy. Scientists can directly measure their power, their spin, ...

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

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...