A groundbreaking study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics has revealed that the supermassive black hole at the center of ...

In a story published Aug. 20, 2025, about an exploding star named 2021yfj, The Associated Press erroneously reported the star ...

In the past decade, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has revealed the nature, history, and behavior of ...

A new analysis of the EHT reveals that Sagittarius A*, the central black hole of the Milky Way, is spinning rapidly and ...

Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until they run out ...

“Wow. Just wow.” That’s how astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers described a sprite she witnessed from the International Space ...

We live inside the Milky Way, yet most of us rarely stop to think about just how unusual it really […] ...

Two colliding galaxies have been found to be reorganizing their dwarf satellites, potentially solving a major conundrum ...

The Milky Way is expected to shine every night through August as it gets higher in a darker sky throughout the United States, including Ohio.

A team of international astronomers has unveiled a massive, previously unknown cloud of gas and dust streaming toward the heart of the Milky Way. Dubbed the Midpoint cloud, this structure spans 200 ...

Seeing the Milky Way isn’t always easy, but it is possible if in the right condition, weather and location. And that’s exactly what happened to photographer Brijesh Naik in Mangalore.