The aforementioned models of the cosmos, including the standard model of cosmology, have long posited the idea that the ...

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...

Gaia, Europe’s Milky Way–mapping spacecraft, shut down earlier this year. It was arguably the most important—and most ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

New images are key to understanding solar magnetic storms and other space weather that can disrupt systems on Earth.

If you're wondering how bright the night sky will be, how much of the moon will be The moon moves through a cycle of eight ...

In the early 1600s, Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects.

UC Berkeley astronomers found a hidden black hole roaming far from the galaxy’s core. It may eventually merge with the ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Now nearing a close conjunction, Saturn and Neptune sit just to the right of the crescent Moon in the morning sky.

New research shows there is at least a 40% chance of the existence of Planet Nine, but scientists are still looking for ...