Our sun and the planets that circle it are part of a galaxy called the Milky Way. Its name comes from the Greek galaxias ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

Astronomers have developed the first three-dimensional (3D) map detailing the properties of interstellar dust in the Milky ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet’s atmosphere.

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have created the most comprehensive three-dimensional map of the ...

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At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

"We were quite surprised," Dones continued. "Spirals are seen in Saturn's rings, disks around young stars and galaxies. The ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. These powerful objects sometimes enter active galactic nucleus (AGN) mode, where they pull in gas and ...