Sure, they’re particles and rocks, but they’re still a fascinatingly long way from home. Alpha Centauri is the star system ...
In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were all visible in the night sky. And in February, 2025, ...
A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...
The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party—and it is weird, wild and wonderful.
Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
New simulations reveal that around 1 million "macroscopic" objects from our closest stellar neighbors, the Alpha Centauri ...
The superstructure "Quipu," recently identified, spans 1.3 billion light-years, challenging our understanding of the ...