The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was scheduled for launch on Sunday (Nov. 9) but it has been delayed until Wednesday (Nov. 12) ...

Characteristic radio burst is evidence of a coronal mass ejection from outside our Solar System — plus, understanding the ...

The night sky often feels calm, yet the early universe tells a very different story. A newly studied ancient galaxy, seen as ...

Astronomers have uncovered a previously unknown, extreme kind of star factory by taking the temperature of a distant galaxy ...

The northern lights might be visible for the second night in a row in parts of Illinois. Here's when to look outside.

A University of Iowa researcher has been awarded funding from NASA to create an interstellar map that could lead to more accurate observations of planets located outside our solar system — known as ...

The first confirmed sighting of a giant explosion on a nearby star has been spotted by astronomers. They observed an ...

Learn how NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Gaia missions helped astronomers uncover thousands of hidden stars, revealing that the ...

Nyberg was one of millions of people who watched a rare showing of the northern lights across the United States on Tuesday evening. Photos from Rifle to Aspen show a red-pink glow burning in the sky, ...