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

Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

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

A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society used advanced computer simulations to test whether major ...

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its ...

A new study shows how Milky Way chemical tracks emerge from shifting star formation and gas supply, reshaping ideas about the ...

A new survey maps nearby K-type stars and shows why these long-lived, stable stars are important targets in the search for ...

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

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

PD Dr Philipp Girichidis at Heidelberg University’s Centre for Astronomy provide insights into our place in the Milky Way and ...

A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a 'baby' galaxy cluster in the early universe surrounded by gas far hotter ...

Astronomers have spotted an Earth-sized planet drifting alone through the Milky Way, detected briefly by bent starlight, ...