Spanning more than 650 light-years, this radio view reveals the structure of our Milky Way's mysterious Central Molecular Zone.

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

A software system has begun sending out alerts about moving asteroids, exploding stars and other phenomena detected by the Rubin Observatory.

With the record-setting image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have mapped the molecular heart of our Milky Way Galaxy in breathtaking detail.

When the venerable Hubble Space Telescope made its Deep Fields studies of the early Universe, it discovered something that would puzzle astronomers to this day. When the Universe was just a few ...

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation says it will demolish the Sacramento Peak Observatory, also known as Sunspot Solar Observatory ...

NASA has detected a precursor or progenitor to a supernova for the first time – and it's all thanks to old photos. Researchers have now been able to study some of a supernova's progression by ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Tuesday it will go ahead with demolition and site restoration at the ...

Unlike a solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, people watching Tuesday morning’s lunar eclipse don’t have to worry about damaging their eyes. Binoculars will ...

Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unprecedented detail. Obtained with the Atacama Large ...

A program about the spring equinox will be front and center at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium during ...