An international team of astronomers have investigated a large Galactic supernova remnant designated G278.94+1.35. Results of ...

I am constantly amazed by the new things I’m learning about the world, the universe and everything, and the new things scientists are discovering every day. How everybody isn’t in ...

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Maybe you received a telescope during the holiday season, or perhaps you’ve gifted yourself with a scope. I want you to get ...

working to reveal our Galaxy’s present-day structure and unravel its evolutionary history. The European Space Agency’s Gaia mission to map the position and motion of around 1.8 billion stars has ...

Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special "compound eye" culminating several years of ...

In 2025, keep an eye on the Southern Cross (known as Crux to astronomers) and Sagittarius (the archer). The Southern Cross is ...

New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and destruction that shapes our galactic environment. Scientists may have unco ...

The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way.

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...