Magnetar flares produce gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in our galaxy, says new research on a strange cosmic flash ...

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA's ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking image of Arp 184, also known as NGC 1961, a peculiar spiral ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

Each cloud represents in visible form (due to water droplets) a rising column of air,” the Earth Observatory says. NASA/Earth Observatory A blast from the past will be hitting Earth next week, as a ...

What's more, no exoplanets with emission spectra cooler than 275 K (1.85 °C; 35.33 °F) - comparable to Earth - have been ...

National Space Day, May 2, can inspire the next generation of astronomers, encouraging people to look to the sky.

"Cosmologists calculate the current theoretical size limit of structures to be 1.2 billion light-years, yet both of these structures are much larger – the Giant Arc is almost three times bigger and ...

These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study exoplanets and the opportunity to refresh one’s perspectives.

The presence of another planet in the solar system could explain the odd movements of some of the bodies in the Kuiper Belt.

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the ...

YSU professor contributes to groundbreaking Hubble Space Telescope research published in “Nature.” YSU Communications A ...