NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...

Stargazing at night is one of the unparalleled joys of camping, and this Pennsylvania state park offers one of the best views ...

Hidden in the heart of Florida, far from the mouse ears and beach umbrellas that dominate the state’s postcard racks, lies a slice of paradise that feels like stepping into a time machine set for ...

Cave Lake State Park near Ely, Nevada is that kind of revelation – the wilderness equivalent of finding out your quiet neighbor is secretly a rock star. Nevada’s reputation as a desert state with ...

A new study of M31, also known as Andromeda, explains how our cosmic neighbor kills off smaller nearby galaxies.

Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very long time.

A research team in Japan has created a groundbreaking Milky Way simulation that follows more than 100 billion stars with a level of detail that was once thought impossible.

Scientists have achieved something that once seemed nearly impossible: they have created the first computer simulation of the ...

Chinese researchers have identified black holes as the likely source of the high-energy component of the cosmic-ray “knee.” Milestone findings released on November 16 by the Large High Altitude Air Sh ...

Have you ever wondered what international Starbucks drink you'd be based on your zodiac sign? Well, wonder no more. The ...