Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

Pulsating remnants of stars hint at a clump of invisible matter thought to be about 10 million times the sun’s mass.

This galactic collision might be more impactful than you think.

New radio observations of the Milky Way are exposing hidden patterns in its magnetic field. People have scanned the night sky for ages, but some of the Milky Way’s most important features cannot be ...

Scientists are mapping the Milky Way galaxy’s invisible magnetic field, revealing how it holds the galaxy together and ...

Under Samburu’s dark, silent skies, a growing wave of tourists is trading game drives for star beds and unforgettable nights of stargazing.

They shaped the Universe, yet the first stars ever born continue to evade the searches of astronomers like Dr Emma Chapman ...

For many years, scientists have tried to understand how the Milky Way is positioned in space, and how it moves together with ...

Stargazing dreams come true at this Pennsylvania park, with pitch-dark skies that reveal the Milky Way in stunning detail.

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way's magnetic field, revealing that it is far more complex than previously ...