We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

Early Spiral Galaxy Captured for the First Time Using Gravitational Lenses . For the first time ever, scientists have ...

The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...

Sightings of spiral-shaped UFOs (sometimes also described as "whirlpools") have been a growing trend in the last few years. A spiral of bluish-gray light passed over Norway and Sweden on Dec. 9, 2009.

This is in contrast to more traditionally shaped galaxies, such as our own Milky Way, which has robust spiral arms on all sides. The odd shape of NGC 1961 has landed it in an exclusive catalog of ...

Foreshadowing the great reflecting telescopes of the last century and a half, Lord Rosse managed in 1845 to erect a mighty ...

The Triangle Notebook is actually great for using on your lap or other unconventional surfaces, as it is pretty sturdy and ...

The researchers involved with the new study were interested in the inner Oort cloud for another reason: its shape. Pairing an analytic model with the supercomputer simulation, they concluded that the ...

Most of the quasars astronomers have detected are old, the product of multiple galaxy collisions leaving them with an elliptical shape. When observing quasar J0742+2704, Achenbach was surprised to ...

The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...