NASA's newest space telescope, on a mission to study origins of universe, snapped incredible images of the cosmos 2 months ...

Looking towards the center of the Milky Way, astronomers have previously spotted giant structures that are sometimes referred ...

A remarkable new study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered shocking details about a star-forming region ...

Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

Spotted thanks to a fleeting light distortion in 2011, a mysterious duo — a tiny star and its hefty companion — has turned ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way. Using NASA’s ...

The space-based observatory, launched at the end of March, released its first set of images, in which a cloud of dust ...

Astronomers are once again getting excited about a rare nova that could appear in the night sky anytime from now into the ...

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Astronomers say the extreme magnetic field of Magnetar SGR 0501+4516 could ‘rip apart every atom inside the body’ ...

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