Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

In a new study, scientists discover that white dwarf stars have greater potential to host habitable planets than previously ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

The fast-moving gas cloud could help explain the so-called missing satellite problem, if the object is what scientists think ...

Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.

Earth is the only planet in the known universe that has the right combination of water, atmosphere, temperature, and chemical ...

A team of scientists has confirmed the existence of a solitary black hole drifting through the Milky Way, unaccompanied by ...