Megastructures have big impacts on the world - namely the people around and the environment they affect. However, this one ...

In a galactic breakthrough, modern telescopes have unveiled potential signals of alien megastructures. We’re treading into ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

Astronomers report the discovery of a rare nova super-remnant surrounding the recurrent nova LMCN 1971-08a in the Large ...

Bunkers, bomb shelters, mines and mountains all play critical roles protecting against our latest existential threat: the terrifying prospect of data loss.

Scientists have used the Gaia Space Telescope to create a 3D map of star kindergartens within the Milky Way, and you can fly through it.

"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an astronomer at the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom and first ...

Astronomers have recently identified a star system, KIC 8462852, exhibiting unusual behavior. The light from this star system is dimming in a way that defies natural explanations, sparking a wave of ...

It's a sunny June day in southeast England. I'm driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.