In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...
Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic .
Pinpointing a Milepost Marker Star that Opened the Realm of Galaxies At the dawn of the 20th century, astronomers faced a ...
High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.