"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found ...

A jaw-dropping video composite of the Milky Way showcases the awe-inspiring scale of the cosmos. The video, stitched together from a series of recent observations, reveals the vastness of our galaxy, ...

Matinees on the Mountain will bring sci-fi and astronomy-inspired movies to the Mount Wilson Observatory campus.

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

More than 5,500 planets orbiting other stars have been confirmed so far. Thousands more are in the running out of the billions out there in our Milky Way galaxy alone. Launched in 2021, Webb is the ...

These celebrities have decided to leave Hollywood and New York — whether it's to raise their kids in a "normal" environment, to connect with the land on a farm or a ranch, or just to be closer to natu ...

Everything in the current Star Wars continuity strives to adhere to "canon", but the franchise can learn from many of its ...

They are rich in gas and young stars, making them ideal subjects for studying galaxy evolution. The LMC and SMC are connected by a stream of gas known as the Magellanic Bridge and are slowly being ...

They are rich in gas and young stars, making them ideal subjects for studying galaxy evolution. Connected by the Magellanic Bridge, a stream of gas, these galaxies are experiencing tidal forces from ...

two galaxies in close proximity to the Milky Way, are exhibiting unexpected behaviors that suggest a dramatic disruption. Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have reported that the smaller ...