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

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

They arrive at my Salt Lake City apartment in the middle of the afternoon on the tenth of September, 2016, and we’re on ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort ...

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

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

If you look at the Milky Way through a powerful telescope, you’ll notice that close to the center of the galaxy there are elongated filaments that seem to outline its spiral shape. Scientists ...

NASA and the European Space Agency recently shared an image of an oddly shaped spiral galaxy located about 190 million light-years away. Search. Fox Weather The FOX Weather App Learn More. Watch Live ...

Most large and spiral-shaped galaxies have a black hole, but this was difficult to locate. After decades of efforts, astronomers have found evidence suggesting a supermassive black hole in the ...

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.