An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

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"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Astronomers have spotted a zombie star, SGR 0501+4516, speeding through the Milky Way. This magnetar has an incredibly strong ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum ... Within the game, you'll find a complete simulation of our Milky Way galaxy — 400 billion star systems, along with every known ...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

In our neighborhood of the Milky Way, we see a region surrounding the solar system that is far less dense than average. But ...