Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

I enjoyed the new space show at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York City this week.

Astronomers have detected a rare gas giant exoplanet in the outer reaches of the Milky Way, marking only the third such ...

While Bianco will be present in Washington for the historic first-look event, UD is hosting a watch party in Room 101 of ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...

Scientists have built detailed Milky Way simulations under strange new physical laws to probe dark matter, revealing how ...

NGC 4449 is a dwarf galaxy turned stellar powerhouse, dazzling astronomers with its explosive star-forming activity and rich ...

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in ...

NASA's Don Pettit has been back on Earth for a couple of months but he's still got some amazing photos to share ...