A rare interstellar visitor has ignited scientific curiosity and political debate as it speeds through our solar system. On ...

Near the Sun, where extreme heat is abundant, similar methods could, in principle, extract oxygen from CO₂ without added ...

A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Astronomers recently built a precise radio map of the Milky Way’s southern midline, showing 98,000 radio sources.

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 ...

People will be able to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way galaxy this weekend The Milky Way will be viewable with the naked eye, but telescopes always help The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc ...

The planets are out in force through the month, with Venus, Saturn, Mars, and even Mercury all putting in an appearance. Weather permitting, you’ll be able to spot Venus — the brightest planet in our ...