Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us understand how many Earth-like planets there are, too.

Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, such as explosive supernovae or ridiculously ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Telescope to detect complex carbon molecules frozen around a young star, ST6, beyond our ...

New experimental work demonstrates that large quantities of water are created as a natural consequence of planet formation.

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars.

The “most pristine” star ever seen may have just been discovered at the edge of the Milky Way. It could be the direct ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...