Blue Origin paused its space tourism program in Texas, leaving Virgin Galactic to fill the void. Richard Branson's company ...

An illustration of two stellar-mass black holes merging in the accretion disk of an active galactic nucleus. (Shu-Rui Zhang) ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup General Galactic plans to launch a 500-kilogram satellite later this year to ...

Earth is not only orbiting the Sun it is also traveling through the Milky Way on an enormous galactic journey. In this video ...

Astronomers have found that both the core of our Milky Way and the earliest proto-galaxies in the universe share a surprising trait: They are unusually calm and quiet in terms of harsh radiation. This ...

The ratio of a star’s age to its metal content ties it to a characteristic birthplace within the disk.

PLAION has signed an agreement with publisher Secret Mode to act as the global physical distributor of the Fuse Games-developed racing game Star Wars: Galactic Racer.

Cosmic rays are one of the greatest challenges for space travel and pose a considerable risk to humans and materials. For the first time on European soil, an international research team in ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...