Our solar system is a passenger on a galactic rollercoaster. Part 2 reveals how the Sun, carrying Earth, orbits the Milky Way's core at 491,000 mph, completing a circuit every 230 million years. We ...

NASA's Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh insights into the Oort cloud – a vast, theoretical spherical shell of icy objects that surrounds our solar system. For a long time, the Oort cloud's ...

Framing this comet is the glow of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which is easier to spot at higher elevations like Mauna Kea ...

Along with summer comes the peak time for viewing the core of our galaxy, the Milky Way. But if you want to see the dense area of stars at the center of the Milky Way, you'll need a few conditions in ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches Earth in December 2025.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – again. Here's a look at the latest photo of the intriguing ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may have had a lasting impact on Earth's climate, according to a new study.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers say they've spotted an object in our solar system that's believed to be from another part of the Milky Way galaxy. The European Space Agency says this is just ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar visitor, hence the prefix “3I.” The second known interstellar body, Comet ...

The Milky Way is really something to see — but not this month, when it’s at the level of the horizon before midnight. (The Columbian files) Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the ...