In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will ...

Combining advanced stellar models with data from the ESA’s Gaia telescope, they not only gave a clearer picture but also ...

Discovered in July, 3I/ATLAS is not your average comet – it’s a giant snowball from beyond our solar system. The comet, ...

From a window on the International Space Station, astronauts have captured a rare view of a nearby galaxy caught in the act ...

Universe Today reports on new research that uses observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to reconstruct how the Milky Way formed and changed over time. The study focuses on galaxies that ...

Runaway stars move fast enough to escape the Milky Way RR Lyrae stars are used as reliable distance markers Findings help map the galaxy’s hidden dark matter ...

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the Milky Way galaxy, such as its gravitational potential and the distribution of ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...

Samsung’s brand new Galaxy Z TriFold form factor has arrived and, of course, one of the big questions around it is whether or not it’s actually durable. One YouTube channel put that to the test, ...

Benita Albert brings us part two of the two-part series on the career of Bob Benjamin. His career interest in astronomy began soon after graduating from Oak Ridge High School. You will find it ...