Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light years.

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

It was so blatantly flawless, that scientists deemed it worthy of being called Teleios (they considered calling it Cue Ball, ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

How big is space?Space is really big. Thinking about our solar system, let's imagine you could get in a car and drive to Pluto at ...

Scientists have been baffled after spotting two galaxies entangled in a 'cosmic joust', with one galaxy wielding a deadly 'spear of radiation'.

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...

Be absorbed into the vastness of space at the Hong Kong Space Museum, which has launched a brand-new sky show in their circular dome-like Space Theatre. The ‘Starmap to the Unseen Universe’ show takes ...