Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...

An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday.

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Telescope have discovered an "exhaust vent attached to a “chimney” of hot gas blowing away from the center of the Milky Way galaxy," according to the Chandra team.

New research suggests Enceladus’ water plumes may originate from a slushy ice layer rather than its underground ocean.

From the total lunar eclipse to meteor showers, here are some events to view in the sky over Connecticut during the spring of ...

"Everything scattered in the Andromeda system is very asymmetric and perturbed. It does appear that something significant ...

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 has touched down successfully, and marks a key milestone in NASA’s quest to have ...

A total lunar eclipse occurs this month. Venus transitions from evening to morning, while Mars and Jupiter dominate the late ...

March 8: The Moon Meets Mars On the night of March 8 ... and the core of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. You Can See a ...