In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully. Our galaxy's two closest neighbors are two dwarf galaxies known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and the Small Magellanic ...

A CME is formed when a large amount of plasma is violently ejected from a star's upper atmosphere and spreads into space.

The recent involvement of private companies in space exploration continues to have very interesting effects on an industry that, until not long ago, was the exclusive playground of governments. Aside ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted ...

Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When we look at a typical galaxy, we can see bright stars at its center. As your eyes move ...