Maffei 1 and 2 are faint, dust-obscured galaxies near the Milky Way—discovered in 1967 and challenging targets for deep-sky ...

Our galaxy will make for a particularly splendid sight on the dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24.

Earth's famous Hubble Telescope has just revealed the first images of a mysterious interstellar object racing through our ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is more than just a faint smudge in the night sky; it’s a colossal spiral galaxy, similar in size and structure to our Milky Way, and the closest galactic ...

Researchers stitched together hundreds of images from the Very Large Telescope to form a breathtaking photo of a nearby ...

If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might ...

According to Al Bayan newspaper, Ibrahim Al-Jarwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Astronomical Society, ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...