A research team led by Shuo Huang (NAOJ and Nagoya University) has observed a massive and extremely active barred spiral ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

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Astronomers have been identifying protoplanetary disks for many decades—structures that evolve into solar systems like our own—and they have been found by the hundreds throughout the Milky Way, ...

In late May, the Milky Way Galaxy will appear as a vibrant band arching across the night sky. It will be more visible that usual over most of the Northern Hemisphere, according to science news ...

Many never witness this wonder. About one-third of people, including 80% of Americans, can’t see the Milky Way at all. The ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar ...