"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

Astronomers have doubled the number of black hole and neutron star mergers detected via gravitational waves in a "stellar graveyard," as well as "hearing" the heaviest black hole binary yet.

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

Dr. Gregory Feiden, a University of North Georgia (UNG) professor of astronomy, and his research group have spent the past ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new pre-main-sequence eclipsing binary system. The newfound ...

Sagittarius unveils stellar wonders, from the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae showcasing the Milky Way’s breathtaking cycle of ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in star formation research with the detection of protostellar jets in the outer ...

See the winners of the largest astronomy photo competition, selected from more than 5,800 entries sent in from more than 60 ...

Galaxies, Auroras, the Moon, our Sun, planets and more – the Royal Observatory Greenwich reveals the winners of the ZWO ...