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

Do the building blocks of life exist beyond the Milky Way, and can we identify them? This is what a recent study published in ...

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

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 ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Dark matter is a fundamental hypothesis when it comes to our understanding of the universe, but it remains a hypothesis. We ...