New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around ...

A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio ...

The new radio portrait of the Milky Way is the most sensitive, widest-area map at these low frequencies to date. It will ...

An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way's tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists ...

A photographer in New Zealand captured a once-in-a-lifetime celestial scene that blended multiple rare sky phenomena into one ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

The century-old mystery of dark matter — the invisible glue thought to hold galaxies together — just got a modern clue.

It also provides insights into how stars form in different parts of the Milky Way, how they interact with other celestial ...

A new radio portrait of the Milky Way blends big-picture and high-detail surveys, exposing star nurseries, supernova debris, ...