Two of Earth's largest mass extinction events were likely triggered by the fallout from two supernovae in nearby space. This ...

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 ...

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

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 team of Japanese researchers has harnessed the power of AI to uncover hidden structures in our galaxy. Using deep learning models trained on space telescope data, they identified bubble-like ...

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

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, ...

Exploding stars may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth. ‘Supernova explosions are some of the most energetic explosions in the Universe’, said Dr Nick Wright, ...