The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array has detected methanol isotopes around a nearby star, which could help explain why the ingredients for life are present on Earth.

Universe's 'missing' matter found! "This is a unique opportunity to learn how the universe's first light emerged from the ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

Researchers from China confirmed the discovery of this ancient star mentioned in the Ming dynasty’s star chart, narrowing ...

Though the Star Wars saga promises to transport us long, long, ago to a galaxy far, far away, for hordes of scientists and engineers, the science-fiction film series’s greatest contribution is ...

Star vs. the Forces of Evil always felt like it was ahead of its time with Disney, and since it’s been so long, now is the perfect time to bring the series back with a new project. As Disney has ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the ...

Experiments suggest moths use the Milky Way to orientate themselves — plus, evidence that humans expanded into new ecosystems ...