German astronomers at the Bonn Observatory first catalogued UY Scuti: the biggest star in the universe, laying near the center of the Milky Way, roughly 9500 light-years away from Earth; at that ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...