Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to peer into this object flying by itself through our Milky Way ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

There are millions of galaxies in the universe, and while astronomers have cataloged many, some remain relatively unknown to ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way from the ISS, highlighting the stunning view of our ...

This stunning time-lapse video of the Milky Way was captured at the Florida Keys in Bahia Honda on Feb. 26. Our home galaxy ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...

Astronomers have spotted displays of flashing lights and “fireworks” near a supermassive black hole at the center of the ...