A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James ...

Scientists recreated the Milky Way’s history using supercomputers to track where dark matter should collect and collide.

Do the building blocks of life exist beyond the Milky Way, and can we identify them? This is what a recent study published in ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could be the result of dark matter particles colliding, or it might come from ...

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Dark matter—an unseen substance thought to make up 27 percent of the universe—is one of space science’s great mysteries. It does not reflect or emit any light, so spotting it is difficult. But a new ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Using supercomputer simulations, a team of researchers investigated a mysterious source of gamma light coming from the Milky ...

Astrophysicists have discovered five different carbon-based compounds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking a first in ...

A team of scientists from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Italy, led by astronomer Eloisa Poggio, looked ...

The Milky Way contains a modest amount of alien civilizations, a new paper proposes — and there's a reason we aren't seeing ...