Late in the evening on July 1, a telescope in Chile that is part of the global, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the building blocks of galaxies during their formative years. The CRISTAL ...

The camera, now bolted to the end of a giant telescope at the Rubin Observatory, is expected to shoot photos of 20 billion ...

The findings, published May 30 in the journal Physical Review D, offer a fresh perspective on the strange behavior of ...

Scientists have discovered a perfectly spherical object named Teleios in the Milky Way, emitting only radio signals. This mysterious structure, found using Australia’s ASKAP telescope, defies ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

Scientists had long thought the Oort Cloud was shaped like a sphere or flattened shell, warped by the push and pull of other planets and the Milky Way itself. shooarts – stock.adobe.com ...

One evening while watching the Oort Cloud scene, scientists noticed something strange projected onto ... pull of other planets and the Milky Way itself. The planetarium show hinted that a more complex ...

Science Space Deep Space Black Holes A terrifying fate may lurk inside the Milky Way Rare spiral galaxy suggests a cosmic death from within. By Andrew Paul Published Mar 21, 2025 4:09 PM EDT ...

The Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is packed with ionised gas. Existing theories struggle to explain its abundance. Cosmic rays were once thought to be the cause, but they seem too weak.