Astronomers think the Milky Way could be part of a structure much larger than we believed. If that is true, parts of our ...

It's a fitting portrait of the facility that will soon transform our understanding of the dynamic universe by capturing ...

NGC 6951 shines 70 million light-years away, its spiral arms feeding a brilliant central starburst ring bursting with new ...

New simulations reveal the glow at Milky Way’s heart may come from dark matter, challenging long-held cosmic theories.

Mengyuan Xiao, a postdoctoral researcher at the Observatory of the University of Geneva (UNIGE), is one of four recipients of the Swiss L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science 2025 Award, which recognizes ...

By analyzing the data from the HASH database, astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of nearly 1,500 planetary ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of ...

A spectacular new image of the Heart Nebula is captivating astronomy enthusiasts, revealing an energetic star-forming region ...

Astronomers have discovered that a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Circinus galaxy is feeding through two ...

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a colorful view of the Heart Nebula (IC 1805), which is located some 6,000 ...