The Tarantula Nebula is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star-forming region within a nearby satellite ...

A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to several hundred of years. The remnant is located in the "Large Magellanic ...

At the edge of the Milky Way, there are a surprising number of hyper-fast stars that originate from outside. They apparently ...

A celestial body is any natural object outside Earth's atmosphere. This includes stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dwarf planets and meteoroids.

Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station, uses his camera to capture stunning images of ...

Seen as a long strand with smaller threads branching, the Quipu superstructure contains 68 galaxy clusters spanning 1.4 ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton telescope have made an unexpected discovery—two supernova remnants ...

A storm system arrives overnight, bringing a brief wintry mix to the region. Areas north of the Massachusetts Pike and I495 will see anywhere from a light coating to up to 3 inches of snow, with the ...

Mild temperatures are returning, so get ready for some relief! By Sunday, we’ll see highs in the low 40s with a mix of sun and clouds. Then, the big warm-up is coming by Tuesday, when temperatures ...