A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light ...

A team of UNSW Sydney researchers has unlocked the "sounds" of stars to better understand their age, mass, and evolutionary ...

"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been ...

The two stars are part of our Milky Way galaxy and are about 160 light-years ... This means that although the stars are relatively close in space terms, they're still very very far away!

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Tony Gilroy is not merely mounting a revolution; he might be quietly launching a Star Wars genre renaissance. The mastermind ...

Japanese researchers have discovered cosmic structures invisible to the naked eye thanks to artificial intelligence. A team ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo. Stars are formed when gravity within dark matter halos draws in gas, but astrophysicists don't know whether ...

Space station astronaut Don Pettit has shared a clip showing streaks of light created by SpaceX's Starlink satellites.

In an interview with Elle, the pop star couldn't hide her excitement as she revealed plans to dedicate her space journey to her four-year-old daughter, Daisy. Perry said she wanted to inspire ...