"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...
Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.
Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
See the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the Milky Way galaxy in this time-lapse view from the International Space Station.
The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...
The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.
When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
The movie is a telling look at the way we live now, when the gap between those struggling to pay the rent and those who are ...
A strange energy source at the center of the Milky Way may be a new type of dark matter. Scientists found that hydrogen gas ...
At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...