Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a 'baby' galaxy cluster in the early universe surrounded by gas far hotter ...

The subatomic particles are incredibly numerous. About 1,000 neutrinos from stars other than the sun pass through a thumbnail every second.

Using deep imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope, they observed a galaxy bearing a striking resemblance to our ...

Globular clusters are often described as ancient, tightly bound fossils of the early Milky Way. It has been believed that ...

From a window on the International Space Station, astronauts have captured a rare view of a nearby galaxy caught in the act ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere—trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

While the Milky Way is generally always visible from Earth, certain times of year are better for stargazers to catch a glimpse of the band of billions of stars comprising our galaxy. Two locations in ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

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 ...