Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

Discover the science behind the potential impact of Andromeda on Earth. This video explores the likelihood of a collision, the size of the Andromeda galaxy, and the timeline of its approach to our ...

A powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a ...

The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had rough beginnings. A new study suggests the Sun migrated away from the center ...

Two planets crashed into one another in a violent, chaotic collision that astronomers recently witnessed 11,000 light-years ...

Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense ...

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...

Astronomers have collected evidence of a violent collision between two planets in a distant star system. The first clues of this cataclysmic event came when a rather boring star began behaving very ...

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years ...

Most gamma-ray bursts—the brightest, most powerful explosions in the universe—are tracked back to the deaths of massive stars. But a new discovery suggests that such enormous explosions can come from ...