Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...
Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...
A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced ...
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
Astronomers have discovered a giant radio galaxy with plasma jets stretching an incredible 3.3 million light-years—32 times ...
In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ... “For over 20 years, we’ve known what ...