A fast-moving star, possibly with an exoplanet, has been detected in the Milky Way, challenging current astrophysical models.

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

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In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

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“I think the Research Park will have a role in making sure that the CyTown entity is operating the way it is determined it should be operating,” he said. “I think we’re that oversight arm of making ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

These are known as hypervelocity stars, with some moving faster than the escape velocity of the Milky Way of around 600 ...