A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger ...

Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet ...

The Hubble orbiting telescope took pictures of the galaxy NGC 4569, or Messier 90. This galaxy is approaching the Milky Way ...

"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the ...

Scientists from the SAGA Survey have studied 101 Milky Way-mass galaxies, revealing that our galaxy may have fewer satellite ...

Astronomers have uncovered a startling source of high-energy gamma radiation much closer to home than previously believed.

Modern astronomy has clung to the belief that the relativistic outflows or jets, responsible for the existence of ...

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large ...

Light pollution can obstruct your view of catching spectacular cosmic sights like meteor showers, distant planets, the Milky ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that's well-organized rather than chaotic, ...

2024 — Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more ...

Modern astronomy has clung to the belief that the relativistic outflows or jets responsible for the existence of ...