"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by ...

like at the center of a galaxy, and you might have bubbles like what astronomers see in the Fermi and eROSITA structures. If correct, it would mean that the Milky Way's recent history witnessed an ...

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

If you buy through a BGR link ... Astronomers have at last identified what’s believed to be the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. A team of astronomers from England used that farthest point to ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen, a "Milky Way twin" that existed 1 ...

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