Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth ...

“How close they come on their first passage is very uncertain, however, and if they don’t come very close, meaning if their distance is more than around 500,000 light-years, they might not ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

The moment you glimpse the Milky Way stretched across the night sky, you realize how many stars city life has stolen from you. Most people ... Read more The post 10 Best Places to See the Milky Way ...

An international team of scientists has demonstrated that the Australian Bogong moth uses star constellations and the Milky Way to navigate during its annual migration over hundreds of kilometers ...

The new study reveals that Bogong moths use stellar cues to chart their long-distance migration across southeastern Australia. The discovery marks the first confirmed case of an invertebrate using a ...

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...