In recent groundbreaking research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists from the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new ultra-metal-poor star, GDR3_526285, in the Milky Way's halo using data from ESA's Gaia ...

We know Earth’s exact spot in the universe thanks to a mix of astronomy and technology. First, we figured out we’re the third planet orbiting the Sun, which is part of the Milky Way galaxy—a giant ...

The underlying physics governing the center of our galaxy (the Galactic Center), due to its chaotic and complex nature, has been difficult to observe ...

The most popular meteor shower of the summer is about to peak in Washington. During the Perseid meteor shower, hundreds of ...

Big Cypress National Preserve is home to Alligator Alcatraz, which is causing light pollution in one of the first dark skies locations in the east.

Henrietta Swan Leavitt worked as a Harvard “computer” earning just 30 cents an hour, yet her groundbreaking discovery of the ...

NASA's Hubble Telescope has captured stunning, never-seen-before imagery of a cosmic tarantula located 161,000 light-years away. The breathtaking photography caught 30 Doradus, nicknamed Tarantula ...

The absolute peak time to see the Perseids Meteor Shower will be between Tuesday August 12 and Wednesday August 13.

In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using ...

Lake Hope State Park in McArthur, Ohio might just be the perfect place to do exactly that—or at least turn the darn thing off for a while. Canoes lined up like eager puppies at the dock, ready to help ...