When the ESA launched the Gaia spacecraft in 2013, it didn't generate the same fanfare as the launch of other missions like the JWST, or first light from telescopes like the Vera Rubin Observatory.

New simulations suggest globular clusters form in multiple ways and point to a mysterious new type of star system that may ...

"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first ...

Long before GPS, explorers used the stars to cross oceans and deserts. Here’s how they turned the night sky into a map.

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

The park’s relative obscurity is partly due to its location – nestled in Charlton County, Georgia’s least populated county, about 80 miles from the nearest interstate highway. Getting here requires ...

Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for September 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of ...