Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera C Rubin Observatory contains the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – the largest camera ever built. Taking almost two decades to build, the 3200 ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory created a detailed map of the Sculptor galaxy. The map covers 65,000 light ...

Learn about the new research that changes the estimates of the Milky Way’s demise.

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have captured an ultra-detailed image of the Sculptor galaxy, which they say ...

The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), 31 million light-years away, showcases spiral arms, pink star-forming regions, and blue star ...

While rockets today take humans to space as often as earthbound folks drive to the grocery store, traveling beyond the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of ...

"The Sculptor Galaxy is in a sweet spot. It is close enough that we can resolve its internal structure, but at the same time ...

Experiments suggest moths use the Milky Way to orientate themselves — plus, evidence that humans expanded into new ecosystems ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy found that there is a 50-50 chance that the Milky Way and the Andromeda ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...