but the other five known planets circle the sun. John Huchra, Thomas Jarrett 2Mass Collaboration, U. Mass., IPAC The Long View (2013): The true—and vast—complexity of the universe was captured ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

How would you like to see the farthest thing visible to the naked eye? It’s possible, but you’ll need to bundle up and sit ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years ...

if you get to see the Andromeda Galaxy, consider that you are seeing light 2.5 million years old, dating from when the human species was just beginning to establish a fragile foothold on planet ...

It’s about 25,000 light-years from Earth and some 1,000 light-years away from our galaxy’s center. Astronomers discovered the star and a suspected accompanying planet after a 2011 microlensing ...

The best telescopes allow astronomers to access exceptional views of the night sky, from stars and planets to galaxies and nebulas. They come in a range of configurations; our guide breaks down ...

The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a Reddit post under the username Poisin55 around two weeks ago in late October.

"Let's count down 11 recently discovered Earth-like planets! When Earth is no longer habitable, where could humans go? These fascinating exoplanets;found by NASA and SpaceX;might be our next home, ...