The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of dwarf galaxies that are arranged in a highly lopsided manner. Analysis of cosmological simulations published in Nature Astronomy reveal that ...

A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

The easiest way to time travel is more simple than you realise - and it doesn't involve any fancy equipment, say scientists.

Catch two transits of Io, spot sparkling star clusters, and view Mars at aphelion while the April Full Moon lights the sky this week.

The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world ...

The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy chemical substances than the Milky Way. It's mostly made of hydrogen and ...

There may be no better way to describe your little one’s twinkling laughter and radiant personality than with a name that ...

Whether influenced by the vastness of space, the imaginative worlds of science fiction, the influence of pop culture, or the ...

When the planet finally fell in toward the star, it splashed away layers of gas from the star’s outer atmosphere, and this gas gradually cooled into cold dust which now sits as a cloud around the star ...