The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

Could the chemical debris of a shattered world hold clues to life elsewhere in the universe? Astronomers studying the white dwarf WD 1647+375 have discovered the biggest quantity of nitrogen ever seen ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system? Astronomers have new cause to investigate. With powerful telescopic ...

Astronomers have confirmed 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, with thousands more awaiting verification, marking a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Understanding the Universe" is a new ABC 7 Eyewitness News streaming show series. Adler Planetarium Astrophysicist Michael Zevin stopped by the studio to help us better understand ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft that will study space weather are traveling through space atop a single SpaceX ...

Let's talk about how mysterious the universe is. To know, the visible diameter of the universe is about 93 billion light-years. Doesn't that sound a bit exaggerated?

Dementia is one source of confusion. But as the April 8 total eclipse of the sun approaches and things astronomical come front and center, we’re at risk for another. It’s an expanse so expansive that ...

There's something big missing from our solar system — and that may be a good thing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Planetary ...