The results of our study provide the first solid evidence that globular clusters formed through multiple star-formation ...

Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but ...

The Milky Way’s stars have a wide variety of ages, sizes, and abundances of metals (elements heavier than hydrogen or helium). Stars that are born together tend to share many properties ...

New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever ...

This summer, a dead star in a nearby galaxy flared back to life in an abnormally brilliant but brief nova, providing ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The ...

This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Thursday, Oct. 31, with sky charts, ...

One such victim was a dwarf galaxy now known as Gaia Enceladus, which was shredded and devoured by the Milky Way and whose stars now glimmer in the Milky Way's halo, Graur said. Eventually ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

and stars collect around supermassive black holes, forming galaxies. Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 light-years ...