Staunton State Park is Colorado’s newest state park, but it feels ancient and timeless. Massive granite cliffs rise dramatically from pine forests, creating a landscape that feels both intimidating ...

There’s a moment of pure magic when you round that final curve on a country road in Holmes County and The Barn Inn Bed and ...

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

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

In a video sent to Philstar.com, scientists explain how they were able to shoot cookies into the Milky Way. To mark the event, the cookie label also launched its limited-edition Spaceburst Cream ...

At ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, visitors can experience some of the darkest and clearest night skies ...

First, the gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ), a dense and chaotic region near the Milky Way’s core, appears to be ionized (meaning it is electrically charged because it has lost electrons) at a ...

Astronomers found a fast-moving 'zombie star' in the Milky Way. This magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, has a strong magnetic field. It travels at 110,000 mph. Discovered in 2008, it's 15,000 light ...

The lone black hole without a companion star is located 5,000 light-years away. A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole that has no star orbiting it in the Milky Way ...