Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

"We are able to measure the local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements for the first time." ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a front-row seat to some of the most extraordinary sights in the ...

Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...

At the edge of the Milky Way, there are a surprising number of hyper-fast stars that originate from outside. They apparently ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In March the bright winter constellations of Canis Major, Canis Minor, Orion, Gemini, Taurus and Auriga fill the southern sky ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

“The data indicates that the youngest stars form in filaments of gas,” Loeb said. “Subsequently the gas cools and fragments ...