The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe, as a brilliant night sky shines ...

Astrum Voyager Probes: Humanity’s Grand Tour of the Solar System Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: April 16, 2025 Launched in 1977, the Voyager probes embarked on a journey unlike any in ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of ...

Wes Anderson with the Grand Budapest Hotel model (Thierry Stefanopoulos – La Cinematheque francaise/PA) A candy-pink model of The Grand Budapest Hotel is among more than 600 objects that will be ...

In the 1700s, the orrery, a clockwork model of the solar system, was developed. The word "planetarium" was invented to describe orreries that featured the planets. One room-sized orrery example ...

Tatooine-Like Planet Outside the Solar System May Orbit Two Failed Stars, Scientists Say NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars ...