Learn how many stars there are in the Milky Way, and how astronomers count them.

Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they finally think they have an answer.

On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular intervals. The star ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

A colossal wave is rolling through the Milky Way’s stars, mapped by ESA’s Gaia telescope and reshaping our understanding of ...

Now, astronomers have found a star that may be as close as we’ve ever come to witnessing one of the primordial stars. Known ...

Astronomers have discovered the most pristine star ever observed, offering insights into the universe's earliest moments and ...

Not often do astronomers come across a tear in the tissue of a galaxy a scab so big it might span one-fifth of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have observed a primeval star that they believe to be the most “pristine” object in the universe. A team led by ...

Astronomers have discovered a primeval but the most pristine star ever found in the universe. According to a research team ...