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

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...

The town of Jackson and Teton County became official International DarkSky Communities for efforts to reduce light pollution. While many towns have ...

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

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

The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system was touted more than a century ago. In 1983 ...

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

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