By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in 2021, is currently the most powerful space observatory ever built.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy—yet, it remains a challenge since ...

“This pioneering interstellar navigation demonstration and its accompanying publication show that a deep-space mission can use its onboard imaging system to find its way among the stars,” added Alan ...

The research draws on two existing approaches to better estimate stars’ ages.

Figuring out the ages of stars is fundamental to understanding many areas of astronomy - yet, it remains a challenge since ...

The first ever space telescope, the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 (OAO-2), was launched into the low Earth orbit in ...

Supermassive black holes are the largest black holes in the universe and can be found at the center of galaxies including our own Milky Way. They are at least a million ... In big data from, for ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

Arizona is an ideal spot to see the Milky Way thanks to its numerous dark-sky places. Here's the best time to see - and ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...