The Milky Way looks serene from our vantage point, a hazy river of light arcing across the night sky. Yet the stars that make ...

A survey of 700,000 stars at the Milky Way's center suggests an outburst of star-forming activity 1 billion years ago. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

"Clusters rich in red supergiants are very rare and tend to be very far away, but they play a crucial role in understanding key aspects in the evolution of massive stars." When you purchase through ...

Astrophysicists have recently discovered something that has left them completely baffled. Something is causing massive bullet ...

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...

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Astronomers have identified RR Lyrae stars extending up to 1 million light-years from the Milky Way's core, significantly expanding the observed boundary of its outer halo. These RR Lyrae stars ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When will the Milky Way collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?

The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

A new mosaic image taken by the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has revealed nearly 1,000 multi-light-year-long electron strands at the center of the Milky Way. The strands are huge streaks of ...

A huge black hole has been discovered on the other side of the galaxy. It's so massive, scientists say it shouldn't even be possible. In a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Chinese ...

Star clusters are of great importance in any galaxy: they are the birthplace of new stars, often containing massive stars of ...