A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Scientists mapping the bubble our solar system finds itself in made a new discovery, there is an “interstellar tunnel” that ...

This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the Milky Way imaged as part of the most ... and the closest brown dwarfs to the solar system. Brown dwarfs are intermediate objects ...

Years ago, astronomers started working on a comprehensive map of the Milky Way by observing it from the European Southern Observatory, an intergovernmental research organization located in Chile.

The sun and the planets around it form part of the Milky Way Galaxy. "The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy. All the ...

Moons are locked in orbit around planets. Planets, asteroids and comets orbit more massive stars, and stars collect around ...

This composite of planets in our solar system was taken by various NASA spacecraft. Included in the image are (from top to bottom) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Credit: NASA/JPL.

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is ... His feature on the upcoming solar maximum was shortlisted in the "top scoop" category at the ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

Discovering the solar system and the Milky Way is an exciting experience for children. A number of sites offer fun and ...

An international team of scientists has made a major breakthrough in understanding how and when the Sun formed about 4.6 ...

the so-called “solar system 2.0” just 41 light-years distant in the Milky Way. They found no evidence from within the star system, which is known to have seven planets orbiting a red dwarf star.