A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

A startling discovery reveals ancient debris from a distant galaxy is enveloping the Milky Way. This cosmic phenomenon raises ...

Researchers from the South Pole Telescope project team looked deep into the center of the Milky Way, discovering powerful, ...

A monstrous galaxy named Inkathazo with plasma jets 32 times larger than the Milky Way has been discovered, challenging ...

Humanity is still in the early stages of exploring the cosmos, with Artemis 2 preparing to take us back to the moon and then ...

The Ring Nebula, a well-known celestial structure in the Milky Way, presents astronomers with a mystery: a bar-shaped cloud ...

The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, was discovered by ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

Whether you call it a Halo, the Halo Rings, or the Halo Array, there's no denying the destructive power of these world-sized superweapons.

New research presented at an astronomy meeting shows that active black holes are more common in dwarf galaxies than earlier studies suggested, based on a large survey of nearby galaxies.

In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...