A team of researchers has confirmed stars ring loud and clear in a "key" that will harmonize well with the science goals and ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.

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

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

A mysterious, high-energy glow from gamma-rays in the Milky Way's center is reigniting the debate: dark matter or a hidden ...

A new low-frequency radio image captures the Milky Way in unprecedented detail across multiple wavelengths, revealing its structure from the Southern Hemisphere. This spectacular new image captures ...

Natasha Hurley-Walker receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Silvia Mantovanini does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever assembled. This spectacular new image ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for the diffuse glow near the center of the Milky Way—colliding dark matter ...

The Milky Way galaxy is like a gigantic ocean gyre or eddy that spins and wobbles around its center. But our home galaxy also has a colossal wave rippling through it, pulling and pushing an ocean of ...

This image captures a richly detailed section of the Milky Way, showcasing a tapestry of stars and glowing nebulas. Against a black cosmic backdrop, countless white stars sparkle like scattered ...