Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and ...

A new study of M31, also known as Andromeda, explains how our cosmic neighbor kills off smaller nearby galaxies.

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Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, November 21 The solar system's seventh planet, the ice giant Uranus, reaches opposition this morning at 7 A.M. EST among the stars of ...

Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

From the earliest artificial satellites to today's sophisticated space telescopes and GPS constellations, these marvels of ...

Astronomy can be a difficult topic for newcomers. Like any scientific field, it has its own jargon and buzzwords—and terms with meanings that can be not only odd but downright counterintuitive. The ...

As the U.S., China and others compete in space, the need for fast and frequent communication links with satellites orbiting ...

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