Long before humans walked the Earth, your solar system had a brush with two blazing blue stars that passed surprisingly close ...

Astronomers have detected an eerie glow of “ghost light” that could represent a previously unknown component of the solar system. Comparing data from two distinct viewpoints – Hubble and New Horizons ...

Aurorae are prevalent electromagnetic phenomena observed across diverse celestial bodies within and beyond the solar system, characterized by emissions spanning X-ray to radio wavelengths, indicative ...

At the ragged frontier where the Sun’s influence gives way to the galaxy, a decades‑old spacecraft has stumbled into a ...

Designed to unveil distant galaxies, Webb will also cast our stellar neighborhood in a whole new light. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.