Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...

From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...

Prepare to get schooled If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.

Dave Limp tells Commercial Space Conference attendees what it's going to take to get back to the Moon and eventually Mars via ...