Existence of an Earth-like planet around a dead sun offers hope for our planet’s ultimate survival, according to a latest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our ...

Venus still hovers low in the southwestern sky at dusk a half-hour to 45 minutes after sunset. Saturn is comfortably high up ...

The map consists of 200,000 images taken over 13 years using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope.

In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic ...

The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever ...

WASHINGTON - The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may ...

Before Edwin Hubble, there was Henrietta Leavitt, whose work made other astronomers’ discoveries possible. Her way of looking ...

Amateur and professional astronomers will join Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters in Patten Saturday night to celebrate the ...

This week, uncover who fought on Europe’s oldest battlefield, explore giant jets blasting from a black hole, meet a fish that ...

At RPI’s Space Science and Technology Day, that space legacy will meet the bright stars of its future. As part of RPI’s ...