Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

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.

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

The record-breaking winds are circling the nearby "puffy" exoplanet WASP-127b, and are traveling six times faster than the ...

Clear, crisp nights have recently afforded us a fabulous view of the night sky. Interest in astronomy has increased in the last year with planet parades, northern lights, eclipses and comets. Thank yo ...

Surprising discovery: NASA reveals a planet is disintegrating in an unprecedented ... traveled the distance that separates it from the Milky Way and, just at their meeting point, they will cross ...

The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way. New research ... blocks of new stars, planets, moons, and even you.

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 ...