Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the ...

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to ...

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory is considered one of the agency’s greatest achievements, but it’s not necessarily as ...

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Using the Baryons Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) spectrograph, astronomers have discovered five new carbon-enhanced ...

A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way's ...

Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the Milky Way? From the outer spiral arms to the galactic halo, hot gas corona, and mysterious dark matter halo, our galaxy is full of surprises. We’ll journey ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral ...

(CNN) — A collision between our Milky Way galaxy and its largest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, predicted to occur in about 4.5 billion years, has been anticipated by astronomers since 1912. But new ...