A diagram showing an exaggerated example of gravitational lensing as a planetary system comes between Earth and a background galaxy. | Credit: Robert Lea (created by Canva) General relativity suggests ...

Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy. These "free-floating" worlds don't orbit stars, but instead roam the ...

NASA has released three new pieces of cosmic sound that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: ...

Earth" planet was discovered by researchers. It is not believed these planets are more common than previously thought.

The Hubble Space Telescope marks its 35th anniversary with a stunning new image of the Sombrero Galaxy. This detailed view reveals the galaxy's struct ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

A sudden, record-breaking gamma-ray burst lit up the cosmos—leaving scientists stunned and searching for answers. the powerful flash, brighter than anything seen before, could change what we know ...

“The galaxy is too faint to be spotted with unaided vision, but it is readily viewable with a modest amateur telescope,” Hubble scientists explain. “Seen from Earth, the galaxy spans a ...

In the pilot episode of Farscape (streaming now on Peacock), astronaut John Crichton hops aboard an experimental spacecraft designed to use Earth ... like a background star or galaxy, the ...

Scientists may have finally found the universe’s missing matter - hidden in invisible hydrogen gas far beyond galaxies.

It is roughly 7,000 light-years away from Earth near the famous Pillars ... stars are speckled among the black background of space surrounding the galaxy. CREDIT: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K.

"We've always known that we need something to complete the puzzle, but we haven't really known what shape or form those missing pieces were going to be." ...