A long-held dream in astronomy has finally come into reach, and it carries a surprising emotional weight. For years, ...

For the first time, scientists have built a digital version of the Milky Way that follows the motion of individual stars, not ...

Astronomers have identified a compact, superheated galaxy in the early universe that is churning out new suns at roughly 180 ...

"Even though it's the first time we've seen a galaxy like this, we think that there could be many more out there." ...

Fireworks aren't the only thing illuminating the sky this month. July also presents the opportunity to catch a cosmic light show, when the Milky Way galaxy appears in the night sky. According to NASA, ...

ALMA has a special instrument called Band 9, which can detect a specific type of light emitted by cosmic dust. Using this, ...

Nevada’s Great Basin Star Train takes passengers on a three-hour journey through the desert for a guided stargazing ...

So it’s confession time: I’ve been lying to you. I’ve said on many occasions that our Milky Way galaxy has a flat disk (like ...

The study suggests that similar star factories may have been widespread in the early universe, although many may still be ...

The discovery highlights intense, hidden starbursts that shaped early galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Astronomers have long puzzled over the cause of a mysterious “glow” of very high energy gamma radiation emanating from the ...