A new survey of the Milky Way has unveiled billions of celestial objects in our galaxy's plane. The survey was taken using the Dark Energy Camera, which the US Department of Energy built, and it ...

A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

The comet is one of only three of its kind recorded in history. But others think there could be more to this celestial object ...

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) ...

Meet Z 229-15, a celestial object that depending on how you feel, could be one of three different things – all at once. Shared as the European Space Agency's "Picture of the Week" for the week of ...

Space is hard, the adage goes. And we'd extrapolate that sentiment to the classification of celestial objects, particularly ones like Z 229-15. A newly released image taken by the Hubble Space ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object - perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. The trio of ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Florida is home to ...

An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely — is emitting X-rays around the same time it’s shooting out radio waves.