New research suggests that a massive, unidentified object might have passed through our Solar System billions of years ago, ...

The trove of data will also help reveal the story of our galaxy’s birth and catalog asteroids ... Dot” of Earth as seen by Voyager 1 in 1990; Jupiter, Io and Europa seen by Voyager 1 in ...

The six curiosities that Brown and Batygin identified have elongated elliptical orbits whose perihelia ... as Centaurs (asteroids that orbit between Jupiter and Neptune) with highly inclined ...

In January 2025, Venus, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter will align within the elliptical plane, offering a striking celestial display. This rare alignment is linked with significant astrological energy ...

Astronomers previously thought all FRBs were generated by magnetars formed through the explosions of very young, massive stars. But new FRB is pinpointed to the outskirts of 11.3-billion-year-old ...

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy—an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with ...

These FRBs, named FRB 20240209A, are located outside of the massive ancient elliptical galaxy it is associated with that only contains old and dead stars, Shah said. Using the James Webb Space ...

The signal has been linked to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy. This presents an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much younger galaxies.

Our galaxy, while not small, isn't nearly as big as Andromeda. We harbor some 100 to 400 billion stars. One day, however, the two galaxies may collide, forming a giant, egg-shaped elliptical galaxy.