A small asteroid measuring roughly 19 meters across has quietly shadowed Earth for approximately 65 years, orbiting alongside ...

A new survey of the Milky Way has unveiled billions of celestial objects in our galaxy's plane. The survey was taken using the Dark Energy Camera, which the US Department of Energy built, and it ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have released an incredible image of the Milky Way shining in low-frequency radio light, revealing a spectacular realm ...

Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object - perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely ...

The moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot. A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at ...

The moon and Venus will shine vividly alongside a bright star in the early morning in a striking celestial rendezvous that should be visible across the U.S. But unless you're willing to wake up before ...

XMM-Newton has caught the fading glow of a tiny celestial object, revealing its rotation rate for the first time. The new information confirms this particular object as one of an extremely rare class ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

An astronomical society has been awarded funding to help bring the wonders of the night sky closer to the community.