New research suggests that dark matter may be the key to uncovering the mysteries of the Milky Way. The scientific team led ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our ...

Researchers using new simulations suggest that the Milky Way’s past collisions may have reshaped its dark matter core. This ...

A new view of the Milky Way has been revealed by capturing different radio frequencies, showing where stars are born and ...

Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed radio-colour map of the Milky Way, revealing tens of thousands of sources and ...

The motions of stars in the Milky Way have revealed a giant outward ripple, set off by a massive event sometime in our galaxy ...

Look up at the night sky and you might feel dwarfed by the glimmer of countless stars. Now shift that view downward, press ...

We know of three interstellar objects (ISO) that have visited our inner solar system. Oumuamua was the first one, and it came ...