"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

All good things come to an end—even the Milky Way. Our home galaxy’s ... jets should be disrupting the spiral galaxy’s comparatively delicate structure. However, that’s not the case ...

Astronomers have discovered a new giant molecular cloud (GMC) in the Milky Way, a finding that has expanded our understanding ...

In the dense heart of the Milky Way, not only does a supermassive black hole reign, but a cloud of stellar-mass black holes ...

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

open image in gallery A group of researchers say they’ve found mysterious ‘space tornadoes’ in the center of the Milky Way galaxy. They used the largest astronomical project in existence to ...

Languages: English. Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*. The unexpected discovery came ...

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...