Astronomers from Swinburne University in Australia and elsewhere have employed the Keck II telescope to investigate the ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.

We’ve learned that Mars is the only planet in our solar system that could be habitable, thanks to its temperature and the ...

The finding isn't yet certain, and it only indirectly supports the notion that the planet harbours life, but it is the ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

This is the first such system identified near our region of the galaxy. With a combined mass of 1.56 solar masses, the stars are slowly spiralling toward ea ...

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