"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.

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 ...

researchers unraveled the structure and evolution of the spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256, which is three times the size of the Milky Way. Using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope ...

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 ...

The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in astronomy, with arguably the most famous example of a swirling armed ...

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 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way from the ISS, highlighting the stunning view of our galaxy. As part of Expedition 72, Pettit and his team conduct crucial ...