The recently discovered galaxy, known as SDSS J011754.86+095819.0, or dE01+09, seems to be one of these "runaway" systems.

The Milton Keynes Islamic Arts and Culture (MKIAC) organisation is excited to announce the return of the City of Codes and ...

This year, the October sky could offer a rare spectacle: two comets are expected to become visible simultaneously. The first, discovered recently, follows an extremely long orbit. The ...

Fomalhaut, the "Fall Star" or “Autumn Star,” shines low in southern skies this September. Once called a Royal Star, Saturn ...

These energetic bursts are typically unleashed by the incendiary death of a star, or when it is shredded by a black hole.

Many planetary systems are born in slightly tilted protoplanetary disks, which would explain the misaligned orbits from the ...

The south shore of St. Croix became a stage for stories about Anansi, the trickster spider of African and Caribbean and ...

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.

Telescopes on the National Mall tonight will give people a chance to see the stars and experience the largest astronomy outreach event in the United States.

Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

Oconee County resident Susan Vizurraga has written an historical fiction novel on a little-known female astronomer.

Astronomers have used an X-ray spacecraft called XRISM to observe powerful winds blowing from a neutron star — the findings ...