"Gaia provides the first accurate view of what our section of the Milky Way would look like from above," Lewis McCallum, an ...

Using JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...

Those of you who have been eyeing up the Ultimate Collector Series edition of the LEGO Millennium Falcon but have been ...

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from ...

No technical details were included with the announcement, but all Cullinans come with a 6.7-liter mill that makes 563 hp and 627 ft lbs of torque (in the high-performance Black Badge model, the mill ...

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.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy’s less sparkly components — gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object ...

A new look at radio maps of the sky shows a pronounced tilt, called a dipole, that astronomers are still unable to explain ...

Dark matter is an enigmatic form of matter not expected to emit light, yet it is essential to understanding how the rich ...