ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
Images of Mars taken from orbit show thousands of mounds in a region sculpted by water billions of years ago. A robotic mission may investigate the area one day.
Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.
Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...
As always, we’re incredibly excited to share a stunning selection of photographs, this time curated by The Artist Gallery ...
Scientists have made a surprising discovery deep beneath the Earth 's surface, uncovering what they're calling "sunken worlds ...