A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured this striking image of an unusual galaxy with a bullseye structure, as nine rings ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

Space exploration is no longer the domain of countries alone. It’s now rapidly becoming the domain of private interests.

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way. New research ... galaxies into intergalactic space and then back in to serve ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

"It marks an exciting step forward in our understanding of dark matter and the dynamics of the Milky Way." A perplexing ... interact with itself? Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy ... past its closest approach to the Milky Way and is moving outward into deep space again, scientists do not expect the ...