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

A jaw-dropping video composite of the Milky Way showcases the awe-inspiring scale of the cosmos. The video, stitched together from a series of recent observations, reveals the vastness of our galaxy, ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

The telescope may operate for 20 years, and it's off to a good start. Let's take a look at the best of Webb so far. Here, in no particular order, are 35 of the best Webb images we've seen to date. 1.

Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not ...

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

Usually, young massive stars move around along with the gas that they were born from – but the SMC’s stars do not appear to be moving in that way, suggesting that the gas itself is not ...

The SMC remains one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. This proximity allowed the research team to identify and track approximately 7,000 massive stars within the galaxy. These stars ...

A design studio's proposal for a new collectible set seeks to "pin" down the pivotal probes from space exploration history. Chop Shop on Tuesday (April 8) began seeking fans of robotic satellites ...

The Local Group, which includes the Milky Way, has a peculiar velocity of about 627 kilometers per second. In the νHDM model, this value fits nicely within the predicted range, due to the way ...