The size of the Solar System and the Universe is truly beyond our comprehension. When we think of the vastness of space, we often imagine distances that stretch far beyond the Earth, yet even our ...

While there’s no need to fear that the black hole at the center of our galaxy will expand and consume everything, we can track rogue black holes as they move through the universe.

Astronomers have confirmed that a recently spotted object is an interstellar visitor, and appears to have come from the center of our galaxy.

Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the spiral structure of the Milky Way.

Classified as a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, these two new celestial bodies are among the most common types of exoplanets found in the Milky Way galaxy, yet are absent from our own solar system.