A Southwest Research Institute-led team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids ...

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

Millions of years ago several supernova explosions led to the creation of a unique low-density bubble called the Local Hot ...

It's hard to imagine that someday, the Milky Way galaxy will cease to exist. Looking up at the stars, it feels as though ...

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

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

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.

New maps came into effect in 2012. In subsequent years, California saw improved fiscal circumstances, including recent budget surpluses. The new process has made way for more centrist candidates ...

The EHTC image of Sagittarius A*—the black hole at the center of the Milky Way—shows a dark ... masses ranging from millions to billions of solar masses. Scientists believe that most large ...