A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

The European Southern Observatory has published a spectacular photo of the central molecular zone of the Milky Way.

An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387. Results of the ...

A baby sunlike star blowing a bubble of hot gas called an “astrosphere” was captured for the first time by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans! Using the world's largest radio telescope array, The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, ...

JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible to the naked eye. It’s ...

Dark matter is so pervasive throughout galaxies that its presence explains the stability and motion of stars in systems such as the Milky Way. For example, current models indicate that our galaxy is ...

A shimmering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 glows just 13 million light-years away, packed with hot young stars and rare stellar heavyweights. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, F. Annibali, S. Hong A ...

The Palta, which gets its name from the local Veneto dialect for "mud", was first launched back in 2018. We tested that bike ...

Life on ancient Earth may have reflected red and purple light, suggesting the planet was once dominated by purple organisms. Video shows attack on Ilhan Omar during town hall Trump triggers flight ...