"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very unlikely." ...

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope spotted surprisingly cold, dense hydrogen clouds embedded inside the Milky Way’s ...

Deep within the Milky Way’s core, researchers have uncovered cold gas clouds racing through a superheated galactic wind.

Dark dwarfs, stars composed of dark matter, may be the optimal objects in which to finally discover physical dark matter in the real world.

Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...

In a groundbreaking study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers have discovered high-velocity gas clouds near ...

Unusually fast-moving gas clouds near a nearby galaxy suggest they may have come from outside the galaxy. Scientists have ...

Researchers believe that this global burst of star formation came out because of NGC 4449’s interactions with its galactic neighbors.

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

Galaxies have an overall internal motion called disk velocity. It’s how gas, dust, and stars move around the galactic center.