Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

New research shows that there's a 50% chance that the Milky Way and its nearest major galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy ...

“We could have detected this galaxy even if it were 10 times fainter, which means that we could see other examples yet ...

MISTRAL is a new-generation receiver for observations at millimeter wavelengths, built as part of the recent project to upgrade the Sardinia Radio Telescope for the study of the high-frequency radio ...

The James Webb Space Telescope imaged the core of star cluster IC 348, where astronomers discovered three free-floating brown ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

See the birth of stars and planetary systems. The Tarantula Nebula, which can be found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is an active star-forming complex. The intricate shape and colors of its image ...

From sparkling galaxies to gargantuan nebulae spanning thousands of light years across, check out these 7 rare images of ...

A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 times that of the sun. Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar ...

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