Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Dinosaurs may have gazed upon a sky subtly different from our familiar blue, according to NASA scientist Jessie Christiansen.

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

The only evening planet for July is Mars, faint red in the west at dusk, and getting lost in the Sun’s glare by August. High ...

We all have that one friend who think they're a whizz when it comes to all things space. They have astronomical knowledge ...

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers have detected a rare exoplanet located at the very edge of the Milky Way galaxy, ...

A theory by Albert Einstein has helped astronomers discover a rare exoplanet, sparking new ideas of where they can be found.

Named for the pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin, whose work on galaxy rotation helped prove the existence of dark matter, the ...

Named after Dr. Vera C. Rubin, the astronomer who discovered conclusive evidence for the existence of dark matter, this ...