Dark matter is one of nature's most confounding mysteries. It keeps particle physicists up at night and cosmologists glued to ...

There may be many more satellite galaxies in the Milky Way than have been observed, according to new Durham University ...

For centuries, people have looked to the stars, asking how it all began—and how it might end. Now, thanks to a bold new study by physicists from Cornell University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and ...

One of the main objectives of the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was to measure the size and age of the Universe, ...

New simulations suggest that dozens of ultra-faint “ghost” galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way, hidden from current ...

Well, it's July 12, which means (a) the Steam Summer Sale is over and (b) it's really hot outside in the northeastern U.S.

Stargazers are in for a rare treat at month’s end, when two separate meteor showers each peak activity on the same night, ...

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

A mysterious object, first observed hurtling across the solar system on July 1, has now been identified as "very likely to be ...

A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...

The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains Vega, one of the brightest stars in our Butler night sky. As soon as it gets ...

A mystery interstellar object has been identified as the "oldest comet ever seen", according to scientists. The Oxford ...