Dark energy is a mystery so daunting that it stretches and strains our most robust theories. The universe is expanding, ...

The "cosmic pinwheel" that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

This rare exploding star event could offer a stunning cosmic display, a momentous occasion for both scientists and stargazers ...

New data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope has allowed astronomers to travel back in time to the dawn of the universe.

Astronomers have made the surprising discovery of oxygen and elements like heavy metals in the most distant known galaxy. The ...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array — a group of dozens of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert and the ...

One Reddit user was shocked by the Google AI's ridiculous underestimation of the number of stars in the universe.

Astronomers say that the discovery provides evidence that the universe developed much faster after the Big Bang than ...

NASA discovers four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star after a century-long search. Find out how this changes the ...

The orbit Venus takes around the sun results in an inferior conjunction as it transitions from appearing in the evening sky ...