New research, utilizing data from the Gaia space telescope, suggests that the Milky Way's last significant collision occurred ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant, 500-light-year-wide cavity between two star-forming regions in the constellations Perseus and Taurus. An ancient supernova could be the culprit.

We now know that black holes occur frequently throughout the universe. One Sagittarius A* sits at the center of our galaxy, ...

A new study led by the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and with contributions from Radboud University's Marijke ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets shooting hot plasma are the largest ever spotted — about as long as 140 Milky ...

Theoretical physicist Tracy Slatyer proposes new scenarios for dark matter and helped discover the Fermi bubbles.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken things to the extreme, studying the outer edge of our own galaxy, the Milky Way and ...

A 17-year-old nicknamed the 'Ginger Swimmer' has swum the English Channel - powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

The energetic streams are together 23 million light-years in length—roughly as long as 140 Milky Way galaxies lined end to end ...

A 17-year-old nicknamed the 'Ginger Swimmer' has swum the English Channel - powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained ...