Sirius, the Dog Star, is difficult to ignore. Ostentatiously scintillating on the southern horizon right now, the “Searing ...

Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...

Nasa to launch PUNCH Sun mission to recreate solar eclipse - Four suitcase-sized satellites could revolutionise our ...