The video explains how telescopes, simulations and the motion of stars and gas help reconstruct the Milky Way from our ...

Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA published the picture on Nov. 5 alongside a note ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...

The James Webb Telescope has mapped an egg-shaped atmosphere on a distant giant planet, revealing distortions caused by ...

An International Dark Sky Park, Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park offers incredible stargazing. Here’s how to plan a visit to ...

You've probably heard Star Trek characters throw around terms like "Gamma Quadrant" or "Beta Quadrant." Here's what to know ...

Preview data from the recently completed NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile point to a wave of discoveries that may ...

Astronomers using early data from Rubin Observatory have identified two previously hidden companions of the Milky Way. One is ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun delivering its first scientific results. Among them is the discovery of new Milky Way ...

The Milky Way's disc thinned in two stages at different rates. The precise age of the stars reveals the timing of this transition and how it is explained.

An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...

A skymap of stars in the Milky Way and its environment, using data from the Gaia satellite. The area of sky observed by Rubin during a test run is ...