Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

July will kick off with colorful flashes of light during Independence Day celebrations across the United States, but the ...

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

The Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Galaxy may be "warping the spacetime surrounding it into ...

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

AI has helped astronomers crack open some of the universe s best-kept secrets by analyzing massive datasets about black holes ...

Scientists previously predicted the pair of galaxies would merge in about five billion years. Now, research suggests that ...

Scientists have built detailed Milky Way simulations under strange new physical laws to probe dark matter, revealing how ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising." A titanic cosmic collision between the Milky Way and its closest large galactic neighbor, Andromeda, may not be as ...

Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies (M31) are part of what's known as the Local Group (LG), which also hosts other ...