A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Astronomers have used the youngest objects in the Milky Way to build a new map of the galaxy's spiral arms, ... Instead, the arms represent places of greater-than-average star formation.

In science fiction series like "Star Trek" and "Star Wars," spaceships can flit around the galaxy thanks to detailed star maps that they navigate in faster-than-light ships. Here on Earth, we lack ...

By peering into the cosmic dance of stars, a team led by researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP ...

"The best time to see the Milky Way in (Massachusetts) is from March to September," according to the Capture the Atlas ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Star SO-6 is very close to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. But it's made of extragalactic chemicals, puzzling scientists.

Astronomers have captured a close-up image of a dying star in a galaxy beyond our own—the first time this has ever been achieved.. The star, WOH G64, is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

A mystery star located at the heart of the Milky Way could very well be from another galaxy, new research shows. The star is known as an S-star, and it is part of a swarm of stars found near ...

The Laser Guide Star (LGS) is launched from the VLT's 8.2-metre Yepun Telescope and aims at the centre of our galaxy, in the heart of the brightest part of the Milky Way. The laser beam is part of ...