Missing planets? That literally happens all the time IRL. Here's why the Star Wars trope of incomplete star maps and missing ...

The gargantuan galaxy LEDA 1313424 is rippling with nine star-filled rings after an 'arrow' -- a far smaller blue dwarf galaxy -- shot through its heart. Astronomers using Hubble ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam in a statement. This orbital period places it a little closer ...

In February, the iconic winter stars and constellations reach their prime positions for viewing. On the 1st, all will be assembled in the east to southeast by nightfall. When March rolls around, ...

Astronomers have long relied on two main methods to detect exoplanets—the transit method, which looks for dips in a star’s ...

For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real. The founder of SpaceX said President Trump had ...

Ohio State astronomy professor Adam Leroy is the 2025 recipient of the Henry Draper Medal. The Henry Draper Medal, established in 1886, is awarded every four years to a researcher or pair of ...

The research team said these rings likely formed when a smaller galaxy shot through the heart of the Bullseye galaxy roughly ...

Check out NYC’s hottest stars with the Urban Park Rangers! Go stargazing, watch meteor showers, or learn more about our solar system with the aid of a telescope or binoculars.

Cassiopeia (pronounced kass ee oh pee’ uh) the Queen is one of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize. That’s because its five brightest stars form an asterism that ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...