Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch its bold "Comet Interceptor" Mission after 3I/ATLAS became the third interstellar ...

A quiet, glowing gas cloud has been hiding in plain sight not far from Earth. For decades, astronomers have predicted that ...

In the vast expanse of the universe, the Milky Way Galaxy holds a special place in our hearts. It is our home, and after studying it for decades from our cosmic residence nestled within one of its ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced a new image of the Bullet Cluster, which is a titanic collision between ...

Because it doesn't interreact with light or electromagnetism, dark matter exists to us only through its influence on visible ...

Sculptor—officially labeled NGC 253—is considered a starburst galaxy, one heavy with stellar action. It's located 11 million light-years away in the Southern Hemisphere's constellation Sculptor, and ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...

In the predawn hours of July 1, 2025, a faint streak of light caught the attention of astronomers peering through data from a ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...