Runaway stars move fast enough to escape the Milky Way RR Lyrae stars are used as reliable distance markers Findings help map the galaxy’s hidden dark matter ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of the Milky Way’s closest companions, continues to astonish astronomers with its prolific stellar activity and explosive past. A recent visual captured by an ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The cause of a fire at a church in Oregon City on Christmas Day is still under investigation, hours after crews got the flames under control. Clackamas Fire said they responded ...

From eclipses on demand to a rare interstellar visitor to the chances of Earth being flung out of orbit, some news in 2025 made us ponder our place in the universe. Here’s a look at some of our ...

A fire at a Columbus tow lot Saturday afternoon involved 18 vehicles, according to Columbus Fire & EMS deputy chief Daniel Macon. No injuries were reported for the fire that occurred at a Griffin & ...

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy containing 100-400 billion stars. Planet Earth sits along one of the galaxy’s spiral arms. Though the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times ...

In the days leading up to the winter solstice, amber streetlights switch on ever earlier as dusk falls over Flagstaff, Ariz., casting the city in a soft, warm hue. Longer nights mean even more time to ...

A day after the White House said the Kennedy Center board voted to rename the building “Trump-Kennedy Center,” crews, in fact, added the Trump name to the performing arts venue.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) -– Members of two congregations that once shared a church are pushing to have their ancestors exhumed from a historic cemetery that is partially under a major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash lit up theaters in its opening weekend at the domestic ...