Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

How do you distinguish a galaxy from a mere cluster of stars? That’s easy, right? A galaxy is a large collection of millions ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known spiral galaxy to date.

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

In 1983, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite surveyed the universe for a year. In 2006, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the infrared satellite AKARI, which was active until 2011.