Astronomy

A new signal emanating from space has been traced to what astronomers believe is a new super-Earth orbiting our second-closest star,...

Over 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way galaxy devoured a smaller dwarf galaxy named Gaia-Enceladus. We can see the wreckage in the...

The very first “intervenusian” asteroid has been confirmed, according to reports from Live Science and The Virtual Telescope...

NASA's got a new tool in its planet-detecting arsenal that will allow them to differentiate between rocky planets, and –...

Astronomers using an innovative new observation technique on the Hubble Telescope have uncovered the strongest proof yet for the...

While the rest of you have already stopped going to the gym despite your resolutions to "get fit" in 2020, NASA's TESS satellite has...

NASA has just released truly stunning panoramic view of the Milky Way galaxy using the infrared camera on its airborne telescope, the...

NASA astronomers combined forces with visualization specialists to create a three-dimensional video of what it looks like deep inside...

If you want to observe the Earth's latest orbit but the thought of standing in a throng of people wearing disposable diapers waiting...

One of the brightest stars in our sky is the dimmest it has been in 100 years, according to a report in National Geographic. The...

eso1921 — Science Release Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of the...

Scientists using data from NASA’s NICER telescope onboard the ISS have created the first-ever surface map of a pulsar, according to...

ESO Photo ReleaseESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has observed the central part of the Milky Way with spectacular resolution and...

ESA Photo ReleaseThe NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again captured comet 2I/Borisov streaking through our solar system on...

Scientists working together at the University of Cambridge have released the results from what is the largest-scale study of...

It's been a wild decade – I will spare you my political meanderings and further speculation that humanity will soon be wiped from...

Somehow, a planet survived the devastating explosion of a star's death, and the scorching white dwarf star that remains is now...

The second interstellar visitor to our solar system is closing in on the Sun, according to reports from Universe Today. Comet...

The last time the Alpha Monocerotids meteor showers were seen was 1995 – right in the middle of what some of us at Outer Places...

It seems like the stuff of science fiction to see huge planets wheeling across the sky, but that’s exactly what amateur astronomer...