New astronomy stamps from the Isle of Man

Heads up, stamp collectors and astronomy enthusiasts! A collection of new stamps from the Isle of Man, which has 26 Dark Sky sites.

Half of all exoplanet host stars are binaries

Yet more evidence that many worlds in our Milky Way galaxy have two suns.

Astronomers define boundaries of our home supercluster and name it Laniakea

Astronomers have learned that our Local Group of galaxies - known to be part of the Virgo Supercluster - is also part of an even-larger supercluster. The newly identified supercluster is called Laniakea, which is Hawaiian for "immense heaven."

Send your thoughts and images to asteroid Bennu

Submit your message on the future of communications or solar system exploration. It might be chosen for a time capsule aboard an asteroid sample return mission.

NROA astronomers pin down distance to Pleiades stars

National Radio Astronomy Observatory astronomers used a tried-and-true method - stellar parallax - to resolve a controversy over the Pleiades' distance.

Evidence for supernovas near Earth

A NASA sounding rocket has confirmed that the solar system is inside an ancient supernova remnant. Life on Earth survived despite the nearby blasts.

Best view yet of colliding galaxies in distant universe

Using telescopes on the ground and in space, astronomers have obtained the best-yet view of a galaxy collision that happened when the universe was half its current age.

Testing a space rover under Alaskan ice

Scientists test a device on an Alaska glacier that could be used to explore an icy moon of Jupiter.

Pluto-bound New Horizons crosses Neptune’s orbit

NASA says this is New Horizons' last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015.

Five finalists for Philae landing site on Rosetta’s comet

Five finalists named as potential landing sites this November for Philae lander in ESA's fabulous Rosetta comet mission. Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, here we come.