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

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

Stargazers in Essex can enjoy a mysterious glow in the Milky Way, which scientists say could be the answer in a hunt to prove dark matter exists.

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

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter, thought to make up more than one-quarter of the ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS does not come from our corner of the Milky Way, and may be a time capsule of the early galaxy ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

Earth’s journey through the Milky Way’s dense spiral arms might have churned up the planet’s surface 1. As the Solar System spins around the Milky Way’s centre, it passes through ripples of ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...