Scientists mapped 650 light-years of the Milky Way’s core to examine star formation in one of the galaxy’s most extreme environments.

An international team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the aftermath of what some call "galactic cannibalism:" the aftermath of a 100 million-year-old cosmic collision ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids ...

Gas streams gush into the Milky Way 's center and pile up into thick clouds, but for some reason, those ingredients don't materialize into as many stars as astronomers would expect.

Once you try this tint, you'll basically be attached at the hip with it — and you literally can be thanks to the built-in ...

A galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter, an elusive form of matter that doesn’t interact with light, was spotted by Hubble 250 million light-years from Earth.

Fort Payne, Alabama sits atop Lookout Mountain like a crown jewel that somehow forgot to brag about itself. This unassuming ...

Most people think they know California, but they’re missing the part that exists underground. Lava Beds National Monument in ...

The astronomical community has spent two decades wondering why the Crab Pulsar, the stellar remnant born from a supernova that Chinese and Japanese astronomers documented in the year 1054, emits radio ...