A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way's ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

In this video, we explore the true structure of the Milky Way, from its central bar and supermassive black hole to its spiral ...

International scientists have gotten their clearest view yet of the Milky Way’s magnetic field thanks to a project based in the Okanagan.

Some galaxies in the early universe were absolute powerhouses, churning out stars at rates that would dwarf the Milky Way's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its ...

Pune: Scientists at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) finally solved the mystery of how ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its thrusters to leave Earth behind, and slipped into an orbit around the Sun, ...

A monstrous galaxy named Inkathazo with plasma jets 32 times larger than the Milky Way has been discovered, challenging ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral ...