Milky Way billions of years ago. This remarkable journey, revealed through the most detailed catalog of similar stars to date ...

A groundbreaking study in galactic archaeology proves the Sun made a treacherous journey to reach its current home in the ...

Astronomers trace the Small Magellanic Cloud’s unusual stellar motions to a past cosmic encounter.

The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

The Sun has been a powerful source of energy fueling the solar system for billions of years, but our host star may have had rough beginnings. A new study suggests the Sun migrated away from the center ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials Science. Hosted by Dr. Mike Reed, Astro Brief focuses on astronomical ...

Astronomers studying the Milky Way's oldest stars have estimated that the Universe is about 13.6 billion years old.