A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

WASHINGTON - The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a ...

A threatened Australian insect joins the exclusive club of celestial navigators.

The Gaia mission just revealed something incredible – hidden galaxies lurking inside the Milky Way. In this video, we explore how this groundbreaking discovery was made, what it means for our ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 kilometers from Australian plains to mountain caves to escape the summer heat. The stars may help them get there.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

July is an excellent month for astrophotographers. The clear summer skies and warm nights help, but what will excite night sky-watchers are its three meteor showers, striking lunar conjunctions and ...

Scientists have discovered a perfectly spherical object named Teleios in the Milky Way, emitting only radio signals. This mysterious structure, found using Australia’s ASKAP telescope, defies ...