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

Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.

Look east after dark in November and December to find the Andromeda Galaxy, a hazy patch of light 2.5 million light-years ...

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 ...

Star Trek's Genesis device melts a world down and rebuilds it. Thompson does something similar on a tiny scale, using a laser ...

Need new artwork in your home? How about one that you build yourself? LEGO’s Art lineup has some really cool sets that are ...

Can you still see the Milky Way from your city? An analysis of 50 Indian cities reveals that only six have skies dark enough ...

When astronomers spotted Capotauro, they suggested it could be the earliest galaxy we had yet seen. But now a new team finds ...

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

We will describe the celestial phenomena that occur over the frozen continent and explain the best time to observe them ...

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

New James Webb observations suggest interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains ancient ice that may have formed up to 12 billion ...