New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

Learn about the size, temperature, and colour of each planet, and discover why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.

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The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way.

Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of ...

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than 3 ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

The technology that would allow humans to leave the Milky Way is barely imaginable, but it seems the carbon and oxygen that ...

A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

This colorful view of N79 centers on a star-forming molecular cloud complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud.