ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the presence of two gigantic, high-energy “bubbles” towering over and beneath the Milky Way’s center, extending 50,000 light-years into space. First ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...

Starry milky way constellations motion and falling meteor,universe field rotation on deep outer space sky 4k Fly Through Solar System A journey through space, starting with flying through star fields ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...