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

A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed, according ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

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

HD 140283, better known as the Methuselah star, is around 200 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Libra. It is ...

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

A newly discovered odd radio circle in space could serve as a time capsule for the violent events that shape galaxies.

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the ...

Artist’s interpretation of two massive black holes (MBHs) within a galaxy. A tidal disruption event unfolds around the MBH ...