Scientists observe rare light bursts from the Milky Way’s black hole, Sagittarius A, offering new insights into black holes ...

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an upside-down bear to some of the oldest stars in the universe.

NASA's Hubble captures a Galactic collision similar to what has been predicted with the Milky Way Galaxy four billion years ...

This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure.

Researchers have discovered that Cepheid variable stars in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, are moving in opposing directions along two distinct axes. They found that stars closer ...

Astronomers have identified a vast population of potential protoplanetary disks within the turbulent central molecular zone (CMZ) near the Milky Way’s galactic center. This groundbreaking research, ...

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...

Astronomers have been identifying protoplanetary disks for many decades—structures that evolve into solar systems like our ...

Titan is a strange world, at -300 degrees Fahrenheit, and shrouded in a jaundiced smog. Similar to Earth, the atmosphere is ...

In a memorable image from the 1977 film “Star Wars,” the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the ...

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light years.