Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy, but we will never see what it looks like from the outside. It ...

Looking for an alternative to fireworks? Stargazers can catch a cosmic light show this Independence Day when the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The center of our home galaxy, which is composed of ...

Looking for an alternative to fireworks? Stargazers have the opportunity to catch a cosmic light show this Independence Day when the Milky Way appears in the night sky. The center of our home galaxy, ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Telescope have discovered an "exhaust vent attached to a “chimney” of hot gas blowing ...

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions. But the month isn't over yet. And now, add to the mix one of the ...

A twisted ring of gas, one that stretches more than 600 light-years across the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, has been discovered by astronomers using a powerful infrared space telescope. The gaseous ...

A long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, scientists have imagined watching the Milky Way evolve one star at a time, almost ...

Indian researchers have unearthed a massive galaxy from the universe's infancy, challenging existing theories on early galaxy ...