Humanity's quest to understand the stars has just received a huge boost. Researchers have released the "chemical fingerprints" of hundreds of thousands of stars, helping piece together information on ...

An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Orion’s upper foot is Rigel, the seventh brightest star. Orion’s lower shoulder star is the red giant Betelgeuse, the 12th ...

This image shows narrow, spindle-like structures, called filaments, that act like rivers channeling material into the Serpens South star cluster, a group of more than 60 young stars that is forming in ...

Nearly 20 years before he became president, Illinois' favorite son was facing off against then-state Auditor James Shields ...