Researchers at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facility have received a Galactic Cosmic Ray simulator that 'brings the universe to ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the ...

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy ...

A new image from the European Southern Observatory reveals a gas cloud orbiting the Milky Way’s central black hole, offering details on its structure and motion.

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

For billions of years before reaching its current location, the Sun may have slowly travelled as part of a large group, or “wave,” of stars drifting out from the inner parts of the Milky Way. This ...

Milky Chance’s breakthrough single has quietly become one of those songs that never truly disappears. Years after its release, it continues to surface in playlists, festival throwbacks, and late-night ...

Winter in Vancouver hits in a particularly miserable way. To survive, you simply must find (actually fun) indoor things to do in Vancouver.

A selection of active galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centers, illustrating the variety of shapes that can result from the activity of black holes and their interaction with the ...

Carnarvon’s pristine Karoo night skies are fuelling astrotourism, with locals guiding visitors through the wonders of the universe.

A buried radio pulse has become the clearest case yet that one of astronomy’s strangest repeating signals comes from a likely two-star system, two stars bound together by gravity and orbiting each ...

The Milky Way galaxy is visible in the night sky starting in late March. Here are the best times and dark sky spots in Wisconsin to see it.