You still may be able to spot the Milky Way's galactic center in the night sky across the US, but time is running out.

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data ...

Indian astronomers have charted hidden layers of cosmic dust in the Milky Way, revealing complex structures that shape star ...

The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into a shape that can look like a football," according to the Chandra X-ray ...

Using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space telescope, scientists have created the most precise three-dimensional map of star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. This map will ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from ESA's Gaia space telescope. This map will teach us more about these ...

Scientists created the most accurate three-dimensional map of star-formation regions in our Milky Way galaxy, based on data from the European Space ...

The discovery of these superclusters is a milestone in the history of astronomical observation. The galaxy's core is enveloped in thick cosmic dust, making it difficult for ordinary telescopes to ...

In a cosmic twist worthy of sci-fi, new research from Curtin University reveals that Earth’s crust may carry the fingerprints ...

A stronomers have seen something they did not expect: an Einstein Cross with not just the standard four images, there was an extra one. This unprecedented present might allow astronomers to better ...

A swarm of galaxies called the Bullet Cluster is the biggest, best natural laboratory for studying dark matter that ...