Of the thousands of single-star systems in our galaxy, around 10% are known to have planets. Scientists thus expected about ...

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that the Milky Way Galaxy’s supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), ...

The contest was held to mark the 10th anniversary of the park being named as an International Dark Sky Reserve.

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

A new radio survey reveals that the Milky Way’s magnetic field is intricate, widespread, and deeply connected to how the galaxy is organized.

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

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They slip through your skin, your walls, and the whole Earth without leaving a mark. Neutrinos earn the nickname “ghost ...

Our Milky Way galaxy may not have a supermassive black hole at its center but rather an enormous clump of mysterious dark ...

There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...