Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

When the billions of stars comprising the Milky Way, our home galaxy, appear especially vibrant as the band arcs across the night sky, it’s a photo op ...

If you look up on a clear night from a darksky location ... So how well do you know the Milky Way? Let's test your knowledge ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

"Core season" for the Milky Way has arrived, with our galaxy visible all night as a band of light arching across the sky.

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." ...

“Long-exposure photos make the Milky Way’s bright stars and dark dust clouds even clearer. And while our eyes see it in ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Using machine learning to analyse data from the Event Horizon Telescope, researchers found the black hole at the centre of ...

A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy—which could help ...

The study focused on two black holes — our galaxy's Sgr A* and M87*, located 55 million light-years away. Both were ...

New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising ...