Several stars that appeared to have formed 12 to 13 billion years ago were spotted in the Milky Way halo—basically, our galaxy's suburbs.

It orbits about 26,000 light-years from the center of our galaxy, on the Orion Spur that shoots off from the Sagittarius spiral arm. The stars are not as tightly packed in our region of the Milky ...

The most distant of these stars is more than a million light years from Earth, almost half the distance to our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, which is about 2.5 million light years away.

New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the galactic center of ...

The most distant of these stars is more than a million light years from Earth, almost half the distance to our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, which is about 2.5 million light years away. The ...

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them can offer a rare glimpse into how stars can endure — at least briefly ...

The most distant of these stars is more than a million light years from Earth, almost half the distance to our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, which is about 2.5 million light years away.

Meet the blue stars, the hottest stars in the galaxy, which live fast and die young. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

After surveying 5 million stars throughout our galaxy, researchers identified seven that may host Dyson spheres: super-advanced alien megastructures. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Stars with the right characteristics to become stellar engines have been shown to exist in our galaxy, he says. There are two main reasons why an advanced alien race might have to travel through ...