Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 ...

Mysterious cloud at solar system’s edge found to host strange ‘mini galaxy’ Oort cloud’s origin and shape can help unravel mystery of comets Vishwam Sankaran ...

A 6-planet solar system was found in the galaxy. (THIBAUT ROGER/NCCR PLANETS) By CNN newsource staff. Published: Dec. 3, 2023 at 9:03 PM EST (CNN) – Astronomers have ...

Astronomers predict that our home galaxy and the nearest major galaxy to it, Andromeda (2.5 million light-years away), will collide and eventually merge between 3.9 billion and 5.6 billion years ...

Previous research has suggested that the Oort cloud contains remnants of the solar system's planets, which were formed over 4 billion years ago, but its exact shape and structure have been a mystery.