Researchers discover high-velocity clouds in the nearby spiral galaxy M83. These clouds are moving at speeds significantly ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

The month’s sharpest science shots — selected by Nature ’s photo team.

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, the moon moves through light and shadow, and the sun hangs in the sky. But ...

I enjoyed the new space show at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York City this week. Narrated by actor Pedro Pascal, Encounters in the Milky Way takes viewers on a ...

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...

The Oort Cloud is so far away from the Sun. (Representational) Scientists have long assumed the Oort Cloud, one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system, to be spherical.

While curating scenes for “Encounters in the Milky Way,” a team of scientists and animators stumbled across something surprising: a spiral structure hidden within the data modeling the Oort ...