In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
Astronomers have spotted the shiniest known planet in the Milky Way, and it has metal clouds that appear to be raining down titanium droplets. Exoplanet LTT9779 b, which orbits a star about 262 ...
Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of the "stuff" in the universe — about 85%, in fact. That means everything we ...
The core of the Milky Way in Sagittarius low in the south over ... 2023 they will be joined by the red planet. Although far from its best (opposition in December 2022), it will have ...
High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
Our solar system resides in a galaxy called the Milky Way, stuffed with between 100 billion and 400 billion other stars, many of them with planets of their own. The Milky Way got its name from the ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
Summer is the best time of year for seeing the Milky Way from the northern hemisphere ... Depending on where you are on the planet the Moon rises around 45 minutes later (but do check the ...