Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

A recent NASA report suggests that countless tiny particles could be coming together to create an invisible, foam-like dark ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

Scientists have spotted the building blocks of RNA at the center of the Milky Way. They published their findings in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. According to the study, the ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced resolution and sensitivity with the magnification power of gravitational ...

In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...

Gaia was launched on December 19, 2013, and began scanning the stars in July 2014. It mapped over two billion stars, revolutionizing our knowledge of the Milky Way. Gaia made over three trillion ...

Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...