V462 Lupi is in the constellation of the Lupus (the wolf), a southern sky constellation which is visible across the whole ...

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

I enjoyed the new space show at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York City this week.

A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.

If our Solar System seems stable, it’s because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain ...

To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...

The Vela explosion stands out as the most dramatic example, occurring when our planet was emerging from the last ice age around 13,000 years ago.

A near-complete census of our interstellar neighborhood hopes to answer how stars, brown dwarfs and rogue planets form ...

With the ability to scan the entire southern night sky every three days, the huge Vera C. Rubin Observatory could be about to ...