February 20, 2019 'River of stars' streaming through the Milky Way was hiding in plain sight for 1 billion years One billion years ago, a cluster of stars formed in our galaxy.
February 19, 2019 Get set for 'super snow moon,' the biggest supermoon of the year Skygazers will be treated to the “super snow moon,” on Tuesday, the largest supermoon of 2019.
February 19, 2019 Football field-sized asteroid set for Earth flyby A huge asteroid is set to fly past Earth at more than 30,000 mph on Tuesday.
February 12, 2019 We finally know when our Milky Way will crash into the Andromeda galaxy Our Milky Way galaxy will survive in its current form a bit longer than some astronomers had thought, a new study suggests.
February 8, 2019 Mysterious blobs around these stars may be bad news for alien life The sort of small, young, active stars that have become most exciting to astronomers looking for exoplanets may actually push away precisely what could be necessary to carry water to those planets — leaving them too dry to support life.
February 6, 2019 Scientists explain why the Milky Way is so warped A new study by the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) might explain the Milky Way’s spiral appearance — it’s warped.
February 5, 2019 Fireball over Cuba exploded with energy of 1,400 tons of TNT, NASA says That's a big fireball.
February 5, 2019 Hubble Telescope discovers 'living fossil' galaxy in our Milky Way's backyard Our Milky Way galaxy has another neighbor.
February 1, 2019 Black hole plasma jets shine like cosmic lighthouses in these gorgeous images Stunning new images show how black holes produce tremendously bright jets millions of light-years long that can be seen across vast cosmic distances.
February 1, 2019 Dark energy gets weirder: Mysterious force may vary over time Dark energy is apparently even more mysterious than astronomers had thought.