Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...

Summer's official start comes Friday with the summer solstice. Andrew Fraknoi, astronomy professor for the Fromm Institute at ...

The curious minds at Aperture interpret the symbolism and science behind the Doomsday Clock and what it says about humanity’s ...

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

Just last week, for instance, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City ...

UC Berkeley astronomers found a hidden black hole roaming far from the galaxy’s core. It may eventually merge with the ...

The pope spoke to students gathered as part of a monthlong astronomy and astrophysics summer school program hosted by the Vatican Observatory.

Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters. At 10 times as massive as our galaxy, ...

Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor Galaxy. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope ...

New evidence and properties of intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered with help from RIT researchers, as ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors. The dazzling panoramic shot released Wednesday of the Sculptor ...

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