Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something odd overhead this month: barely any milk in that way.

Researchers discovered Eos, a molecular cloud, using ultraviolet light. It is near Earth and lacks carbon monoxide. This ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and Laura Joy Pieters of the London Science Museum give a guided tour of our ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

The Solar System is very tidy ... "This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and beyond shows us that planets, and ...