Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) imagery was used to create a animation of the warp of the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: 2MASS, ...
For decades, astronomers have known that stars orbit the Milky Way’s centre and that the galactic disc is warped.
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) spacecraft has delivered an "unprecedented tally of elemental sulfur ...
New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...
Using supercomputer simulations, a team of researchers investigated a mysterious source of gamma light coming from the Milky ...
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first ...
The Milky Way ripples like a vast cosmic wave. Gaia’s precise measurements reveal a colossal motion sweeping through the ...
Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...
Study suggests comet 3I/ATLAS may originate from the Milky Way’s thick disk, shedding light on the galaxy’s hidden frontier.