Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

Mars Wrigley has announced the return of Milky Way Crispy Rolls Two new flavours are being introduced which includes Bounty and Twix Crispy Rolls Fans have petitioned for the chocolate treat to make a ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...

The Milky Way keeps its planets close to its chest. Stars in a thin, flat disk bisecting the galaxy have more planets on average than stars in a thicker, enveloping disk — and astronomers now ...

The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has officially ended its mission to map the Milky Way after 12 years of data collection. The spacecraft shut down its science operations on January 15 ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way. Measuring 3.3 million light-years from end-to-end, the cosmic megastructure ...

In about 4.5 billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, resulting in a spectacular cosmic collision! Don’t worry, though – the distances between stars are vast ...

In this guide by Aurelius Tjin explore how this tool can transform the way you create and share diagrams? At the core of Excalidraw’s capabilities lies its AI-powered functionality, which ...

By that metric, the ESA's Gaia mission is a resounding success. The spacecraft gave us a precise, 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy and has forced us to abandon old ideas and replace them with compelling ...