Scientists from Japan's RIKEN research centre have created the most detailed simulation of the Milky Way ever made.

A mysterious, high-energy glow from gamma-rays in the Milky Way's center is reigniting the debate: dark matter or a hidden ...

Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Embark on a journey of discovery beneath the stars with this mesmerizing time-lapse of the Milky Way, where the night sky ...

The discovery highlights intense, hidden starbursts that shaped early galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Researchers led by Keiya Hirashima at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) ...

All motion is relative. That simple fact makes tracking the motion of distant objects outside our galaxy particularly ...

Astronomers have uncovered a galaxy that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way. Observations through the ALMA ...

A superheated stellar factory in the early cosmos produces stars 180x faster than the Milky Way, reshaping models of galaxy ...

On December 19, 2025, 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth, at a distance of about 1.8 AU (roughly 170 million miles or 270 million km). This poses no threat to Earth, as the comet follows ...

That’s exactly what’s happened at Pedernales Falls. The river has carved smooth, stair-step rocks that create mini-waterfalls and pools throughout the park. These limestone “steps” stretch for nearly ...