The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), in the constellation Virgo, possesses near its center a supermassive black hole ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

More gamma radiation than predicted is coming from the center of the Milky Way. According to simulations, dark matter has ...

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

Researchers have identified two theories explaining the mysterious gamma ray glow at the center of the Milky Way.

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

A mysterious and radiant glow is emanating from the center of our galaxy, which has become a centre of attraction for all ...

A strange glow at the heart of our galaxy might be the long-awaited sign of dark matter, the invisible force believed to ...