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 ...

The brilliant blue-white star lighting up the red nebula Sh2-46 hints at a dynamic and possibly fleeting encounter that could ...

The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) is an odd reflection nebula surrounding a magnitude 7.4 star, SAO 19158, in the constellation ...

This strange nebula, which sports a very long name, was discovered in 1977 and has changed dramatically over time.

Women have long contributed meaningful scientific discoveries to the field of astronomy; however, men have primarily ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it's not alone. There is also likely a forest of binary ...

This groundbreaking scientific visualization takes viewers on an immersive journey inside the Pillars of Creation, one of the ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess Nut as being covered in stars and having a dark, undulating curve running ...