A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects may still be seen today.

Using some of the world's most powerful telescopes, a team of researchers found more than 280 galaxies stretched in a line ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

Skywatchers will have a lot to look at in the night skies over Alabama in December. A super moon, a meteor shower and a comet ...

SF franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and even Battlestar Galactica or The Expanse receive a lot of credit for their ship ...

In 2002, astronomers at Johns Hopkins University set out to answer a question nobody asked but everyone secretly needed ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its closest-ever pass in December. Learn about this mysterious space outsider, its ...

It’s December, and we’re in our darkest month. It is also now meteorological winter — the name given to the coldest three ...

Track the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, catch the peak of the spectacular 120-per-hour Geminid meteor shower (Dec 13/14), and ...

The ancient world is filled with strange and powerful beings whose stories shaped the way people understood creation. Among ...