A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

New findings explain the Phoenix cluster's mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.

An Australian team has developed CRACO, an innovative radio system that detects cosmic flashes and pulses of energy in real ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...