One other thing the Gaia data has been clarifying is that the Milky Way's disk is not serene and flat, but warped and ...

Supernova remnants, stellar nurseries and more populate the new edge-on view of the Milky Way as seen from Earth’s southern hemisphere.

Located in the constellation Leo, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 has long been a favorite among astronomers. NGC 3370 is part of a ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) hasn't yet begun its much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time. But it saw its first ...

Not only is it relatively close to the Milky Way and one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky, but it's visible beside ...

Astronomers have traced the 12-billion-year journey of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, believed to be the oldest comet ever ...

Mumbai researchers unveil twin rings around a galaxy, enhancing our understanding of mysterious cosmic phenomena through ...

Astronomers have spotted a ghostly visitor soaring through the Milky Way - a winged cloud of gas and dust that looks like a ...

Jupiter is still a month from opposition, rising about 9 p.m. in the NE as November begins, and right after sunset by Thanksgiving. Saturn is the only planetary highlight in the evening now, in ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...