Are we alone in space? ☄️ Are there other civilizations on other planets? The Milky Way, home to our Solar System, counts numerous planets and stars. ? Can there be life there? We've gathered a list ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

The result is an impressive panorama, revealing approximately 200 million stars and extending six times the apparent diameter ...

Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft concludes its 12-year mission to map the Milky Way, leaving behind a legacy of ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf ...

Astronomers have unveiled surprising new details about a small galaxy, NGC 300, challenging existing theories on galaxy ...

Learning about the night sky doesn’t have to be complicated. Read stargazing for beginners tips from astronomer Richard Darn.

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

In the meantime, there remains a chance to glimpse Gaia through a small telescope before its final retirement. Uwe Lammers, ...