An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the ...

Ladakh is located within the Himalayas and the Karakoram Range. Its rugged terrain, with high-altitude deserts and sparse ...

Over four gruelling nights, he faced numerous setbacks, including storage issues, battery failures, and timer malfunctions.

A short historical outline of the subject is given, commencing with Glydén's discovery in 1871 of the galactic rotation effect in stellar proper motions, and dealing finally with recent research ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

Despite the apparent mass in the galaxy's disk and center, rotation curve studies reveal most mass resides in the halo, ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Summer is the best time of year for seeing the Milky Way from the northern hemisphere—and parts of August are the very best.

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of the cosmic woods.

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia telescope has completed its objective - making the most detailed and precise map of the Milky Way galaxy. The agency shared the visuals on social media, ...

The idea for the time-lapse originated from a request to create an educational tool that would help students understand Earth ...