TROY, N.Y. – Heidi Jo Newberg, associate professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Brian Yanny, an astrophysicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, who are leading a team ...

The search for intelligent life in our galaxy is shifting from abstract speculation to detailed cartography, as researchers ...

A new breakthrough AI-assisted simulation of the Milky Way is giving scientists their most detailed look yet at how our galaxy evolves. Tracking more than 100 billion individual stars across 10,000 ...

Research reveals a shocking discovery about the history of our universe: the Milky Way Galaxy's last major collision occurred billions of years later than previously thought. Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

Early detection of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) relied on radio astronomy due to the obscuring dust in the galactic center, initially identified as a bright radio source in the Sagittarius constellation.

Now, a study published Oct. 16 in the journal Physical Review Letters and led by Muru challenges the long-standing assumption about the shape of dark matter. Using advanced simulations of the Milky ...

"Our results will remain in astronomy textbooks for decades to come." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have found that ...

Chris Impey receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Sagittarius A* sits at the the center of our Milky Way galaxy, in the direction of the Sagittarius constellation. For decades, ...