Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

First, a quick overview: the Milky Way is classified as a disk galaxy, with a broad circular collection of stars, gas and ...

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

The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

Astronomers have uncovered a distant galaxy forming stars 180x faster than the Milky Way, revealing how early galaxies grew ...

We know of three interstellar objects (ISO) that have visited our inner solar system. Oumuamua was the first one, and it came ...

Space Solar revelations as Comet 3I/ATLAS rapidly brightens, a tiny tyrannosaur prompts T. rex rethink, and the unexpected ...

Despite being so high up, there is no night sky — or stars —in Mexico City. Andrea Fischer asked an expert why that is.

Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us understand how many Earth-like planets there are, too.

I have seen those beautiful photographs of stunning night skies and I have been trying my best to see the Milky Way in all ...

What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its ...