T he Star Wars universe expands across a vast collection of many worlds, most of which have been the site of significant ...

Scientists have discovered that something is making cosmic distance markers appear much farther away than they should be.

The Star Wars franchise depicts the adventures of characters "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away", in which humans and ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin, now honored on a U.S. quarter, transformed our understanding of the universe by uncovering powerful ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the primary ingredient for life, existed even before the building blocks of ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

Obsidian Entertainment debuted its special The Outer Worlds 2 Direct today, revealing a planet-sized presentation full of ...

Wesson The Ring Nebula, a dying star, throws off its outer layers as it ... which float around the Universe and contribute to the creation of new comets, planets and stars. JWST didn't actually ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from Earth's nearest neighbours to planets hundreds of light years away – to learn about the make-up of the Universe. Jupiter, says Marina ...

The universe is filled with billions ... and other debris. Among the planets, moons are more common in the outer reaches of the solar system. Mercury and Venus are moon-free, Mars has two small ...

Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world has instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches ... recognized dwarf planets, and Cheng believes ...