Scientists suspect lightweight dark matter might ionize hydrogen in the Milky Way’s core. This could also explain the 511-keV ...

Andromeda XXXV is only about 20,000 times more massive than our Sun—very small, even for a satellite galaxy. For comparison, ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Now, researchers have discovered a strange energy source at the center of our galaxy that could be linked to a different type ...

Recent research proposes a new form of dark matter that may actually be lighter in mass than other dark matter candidates.

A strange energy source at the center of the Milky Way may be a new type of dark matter. Scientists found that hydrogen gas ...

The Milky Way is one of the biggest in the observable universe: Even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would take 100,000 years to go from one end of our home galaxy to the other.

Learn more about this new form of dark matter, which may positively charge hydrogen clouds.

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...

A new study suggests that clues about dark matter may be hidden in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone, where unexplained ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...