NGC 1786’s mixed-age stars suggest globular clusters aren’t one-generation wonders, offering fresh clues to galaxy formation far beyond the Milky Way.

Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New ...

Researchers may have found our galaxy's missing companions, further bolstering science's most widely accepted cosmological ...

The sky had turned overcast by the time we reached camp. Heritage Inspirations founder Angelisa Murray hurried us into a spacious welcome tent for cups of cacao—a nod to one of the products, along ...

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

A wonderful "greeble" build that includes bicycle helmets, purple carrots, and even transparent blue french fries.

The event is the most massive black hole merger ever recorded by gravitational wave detectors and has forced physicists to ...

Scientists predict up to 100 invisible galaxies may orbit the Milky Way, hiding just beyond our current detection limits.

New supercomputer simulations suggest the Milky Way could be surrounded by dozens more faint, undetected satellite ...

The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...

A newly discovered object from deep space may be the oldest comet ever observed—possibly more than 7 billion years old, and ...

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.