The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

SPHEREx is scanning the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, beaming weekly data to a public archive so scientists and citizen ...

Astronomers have turned the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) into a time machine to peer back in cosmic time to 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

10 billion light-years away, a galaxy cluster glows with ancient radio energy Using 100,000 antennas, scientists detects a strange glow in deep space that’s emitting faint radio signals. Updated ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its extraordinary ability ...

Attaining an outside view of the Milky Way galaxy is a bit like trying to examine the entire planet from your backyard—that is to say, it’s impossible from humanity’s current vantage point.

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge computing. Scientists have used a powerful neural network trained with ...

Our home galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light across the night sky, a phenomenon that has inspired myths and names across cultures.

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

COZMIC simulator crafted detailed models of the Milky Way to investigate dark matter and how the universe might behave under different rules.