They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere—trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

They're called ghost particles for a reason. They're everywhere – trillions of them constantly stream through everything: our ...

The wonders of our galaxy are on full display in a new infrared map of the Milky Way, showing a stunning 1.5 billion objects using data collected over 13 years. Researchers used the European Southern ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This collage highlights a small selection of regions of the ...

Gaia data reveals signs of planets forming around young stars by measuring stellar motion, identifying planetary, brown dwarf, and stellar companions in early star systems ...

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A wider view of the Milky Way with a section studied by Euclid highlighted representing just 1% ...

From a window on the International Space Station, astronauts have captured a rare view of a nearby galaxy caught in the act ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

The study employed a technique the researchers call 'pattern matching', using Cepheid variable stars to effectively anchor the distances of the gas on the outer edges of the galaxy's spiral arms for ...

A two-year NASA mission is using research from a University of Arizona team to discover the origins of the Milky Way and the universe. SPHEREx, or Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, ...