Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon.

Over 4 billion years ago, as planets were coalescing around the newborn Sun, our star may have gone on an epic road trip across the Milky Way along with thousands of stellar "twins." And we may owe ...

Mumbaikars are escaping city light pollution for organized stargazing events on the outskirts. Destinations like Bhandardara ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most precisely aligned structures in the ancient world. Its sides point almost ...

David Allred will present 'Under One Sky' at the ORION program, exploring how astronomy connects communities.

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China.

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary ...

Associate Professor Hanae Inami at the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center specializes in astronomy, with a particular focus on galaxies beyond the Milky Way — a field known as extragalactic ...

Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...

A selection of active galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers, illustrating the variety of shapes that can ...

A century after Robert Goddard's famed rocket launch, who gets to explore space? Exploring who's breaking barriers of gender, ...