A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Moons are locked in orbit around planets. Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect around ...

The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is ... Earth's skies 843 years ago has a flowering 'zombie star' at its heart — and it's still exploding ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

The stunning “first piece” of a map detailing the greater universe ... dim clouds can be seen in between the stars of the Milky Way as well. They are called “galactic cirrus” as they ...

There is a region of the sky where astronomers fear to look. Filled with dark clouds of dust, it hides an unseen mass. A mass ...

This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.

ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky ... and the universe's heyday of star formation is beginning to slow. What might our Milky Way galaxy have looked like ...

Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts ... astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray ...

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...