Astronomers may have discovered the fastest-moving planet system ever found, moving through our galaxy at speeds of at least ...

Hundreds of Villagers had the opportunity to view the stars during The Villages Astronomy Club’s Starry, Starry Night event ...

"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...

Sirius, the Dog Star, is difficult to ignore. Ostentatiously scintillating on the southern horizon right now, the “Searing ...

Scientists have discovered a new way to probe the interiors of neutron stars by using gravitational waves to turn them into ...

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...