Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

The first images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory show details of our Solar System with unprecedented clarity.

The camera already captured millions of galaxies and stars, as well as thousands of asteroids in initial test observations.

Sauk Prairie will get a glimpse of one of the two eclipses that will occur over the next thirty days. The total solar eclipse ...

Astronomers have located a rare exoplanet on the edge of the Milky Way.

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

Gravity is pulling more than just stars together - it’s dragging entire galaxies into violent encounters. The Milky Way is currently absorbing the much smaller Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy, and the ...

But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...