New research shows that dark matter has a different distribution in our galaxy than previously thought, and that advances ...

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 ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) often share breathtaking views of Earth, but one recent photograph ...

PoET and ESPRESSO telescopes are new tools that will eliminate stellar noise and detect Earth-like planets around Sun-like ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted "seeds of life" molecules around a protostar 160,000 light years from Earth.

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

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

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

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...

Supermassive black holes stand out for their fundamental role in the evolution of galaxies and the history of the universe.