Blue stragglers, formed from the merger of two old red stars, shine with greater mass and a bluer hue, a theory confirmed by ...

Astronomers have claimed to discover the largest structure in the universe. Named ‘Quipu’, after an Incan measuring system, ...

In fact, the superstructure is estimated to hold an almost inconceivable 200 quadrillion (that's 200 followed by 15 zeros) ...

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

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...

The United States continues to be the most likely country in which to get bitten by a shark, according to the annual ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

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

A star system has been discovered to be moving at an estimated 1.2 million miles per hour, making it possibly the fastest moving solar system in our galaxy.

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest stunning images have allowed scientists to solve the mystery of the Bullseye Galaxy’s plentiful rings.

It is not surprising that there are regions that are more densely populated by galaxies, and regions that are less populated.