The universe is truly magical: vast, mysterious, and endlessly fascinating. There’s something almost unreal about being able ...

Using supercomputer simulations, a team of researchers investigated a mysterious source of gamma light coming from the Milky ...

Johns Hopkins researchers may have identified a compelling clue in the ongoing hunt to prove the existence of dark matter. A ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a 7.5-billion-year-old visitor from the early galaxy, is offering scientists a rare glimpse into ...

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the galaxy’s disc, an echo of something mysterious in our galaxy’s ancient past.

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft captured dark streaks produced by geysers visible on the icy surface of Triton's south polar ...

For decades, astronomers have looked to the outer reaches of the cosmos for answers to our most fundamental questions: Where did we come from? What lies beyond? And how does it all work? A recent ...

Both the Lego flower line and the Milky Galaxy set, which is part of its Art line, were introduced to consumers in the last five years. They are part of a strategic shift away from the perception of ...

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...