The Star That Proved the Universe Is Bigger Than We Imagined
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
Planetary alignment 2025: This is what it really means when seven planets line up in the sky
Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.
Space on MSN3d
A young star may soon disappear: Inside the great dimming of T Tauri
One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick, ...
How to see the planets align: We show when and where to view
Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.
Beautifully Detailed Webb Image Shows ‘Shelled’ Star on the Verge of Death
A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...
Space on MSN12d
Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of ...
news.ucsc9d
Hubble Telescope images combined into giant mosaic of neighboring Andromeda Galaxy
Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...