Among the billions of stars that populate the cosmos, some retain the chemical signature of ancient times, long before heavy ...

Scientists are confident that dark matter exists because of its gravitational effects on a grand scale in the universe ...

Far from the pollution and bright lights of India’s cities, the dark sky reserve in Hanle can leave you starstruck.

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Just how far can we see on a clear, dark night? If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that the stars overhead lie many trillions of miles ...

The Methuselah Star, also known asHD 140283, has long been a subject of fascination among astronomers. Its age, initially ...

New research shows that dark matter has a different distribution in our galaxy than previously thought, and that advances dark matter's status as a potential source of the observed gamma ray excess in ...

For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by a mysterious glow of gamma rays emanating from near the center of the Milky Way ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct. 21-22 with up to 20 meteors per hour. Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN R2 may also glow green ...