Astronomers say that mysterious interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are the most common large bodies in the ...

Recently, an interstellar comet named 3I/ATLAS has caught the attention of astronomers worldwide. This unexpected visitor from a distant galaxy not only refreshes our understanding of the universe but ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

In the vast universe, a grand event spanning billions of years is quietly brewing—the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will ...

An explanation of why some argue it's better to photograph the Milky Way in summer and how to do it, including the best ...

Astronomers worldwide are tracking 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object, currently traversing our solar system.

Where exactly are we in the Milky Way? This video maps our true cosmic address with Gaia data—central bar, spiral arms, dark-matter halo, and the Orion Arm where the Solar System lives—and explains ...

The Milky Way, our warped spiral galaxy, spans 120,000 light-years and hosts over 200 billion stars, including our Sun. It's ...

By examining chemical changes in zircon crystals and comparing them with maps of gas in the Milky Way, researchers observed that the changes corresponded with times when the Solar System passed ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured infant stars carving peaks of dust and gas in the Pismis 24 star cluster.

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronaut Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from ...