Astronomers have uncovered evidence that the Milky Way is currently merging with a massive galactic structure hidden within ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

Astronomers have signalled the discovery of a planetary body roaming the Milky Way that is not gravitationally bound to the ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...

A supermassive black hole residing within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - a satellite galaxy - is on a collision course with the Milky Way, a recent study revealed. The LMC's supermassive black ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...

Astronomers have detected a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn wandering alone through the Milky Way. Unlike most ...

Understanding the size of our galaxy depends on the definition used for our galaxy. There are a range of definitions, some very specific and some that delve into the realm of dark matter. The Milky ...

Astronomers have detected a white dwarf, a dense stellar remnant, creating a colorful shockwave as it traverses space.

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...