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

NASA astrophysicist Robin Corbet proposes a theory suggesting the existence of modestly advanced alien civilizations in the Milky Way, according to a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper.

Or perhaps the universe is a kind of dark forest, with plenty of alien civilizations, but all too scared to show themselves ...

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter, thought to make up more than one-quarter of the ...

Another Place on the shores of Ullswater will hold nine stargazing night swim events through October and November, offering a unique experience as part of Cumbria Dark Skies Festival. Anyone attending ...

Sometimes food transcendence happens in the most unexpected places – like when you bite into a cannoli so perfect, you momentarily forget your own name. That’s the kind of transformative experience ...

Using the James Webb telescope, astronomers estimate the number of galaxies in the universe to be roughly two trillion (2,000,000,000,000). This is about 10 times as many as previously thought ...

For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.

Speaking of outdoor pursuits, Coudersport’s location in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds makes it an ideal base camp for exploring some of the most pristine natural areas in the eastern United ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin stargazers are in for a rewarding week of celestial events — including the peak of ...

The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. [Gaia spacecraft: Mapping the ...