Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Astronomers have detected rare radio waves from a binary star system, challenging previous ideas about their origins. These ...

“Mathemalchemy” has been described as “a mathematics fever dream turned artistic playground for all math lovers (and haters, too).” ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

Nestled in the remote highlands of Potter County, Cherry Springs State Park offers something increasingly rare in our modern world – a chance to see the night sky as our ancestors did, ablaze with ...

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of ...

Astronomers have finally traced mysterious radio pulses in the Milky Way to a unique cosmic duo—a red dwarf and a white dwarf ...

BEIJING -- Chinese and foreign astronomers have unveiled the first three-dimensional map of the properties of interstellar ...

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...