And within Ophion, they found newly formed stars dispersing in "record time." Rapid pace aside, these stars are strange ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Starry paintings found on ancient Egyptian coffins and tombs indicate that the sky goddess Nut was closely associated with ...

The assailant, seen right at the point of the break, could be a fast-spinning neutron star, known as a pulsar. Scientists ...

Spotted thanks to a fleeting light distortion in 2011, a mysterious duo — a tiny star and its hefty companion — has turned ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes.

Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers annually.