With a length of 428 megaparsecs, or around 1.39 billion light-years, the superstructure is the biggest ever spotted.

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

Astronomers may have found a star racing through our galaxy at an incredible speed—dragging a planet along with it! If ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

HD 20794 d, with a mass six times that of Earth, orbits a star similar to our sun. The planet’s location within the habitable ...

Explore the impact of stellar flares on the potential for alien life. Discover how higher levels of UV radiation can both ...

Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...