New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around ...

Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us ...

New simulations suggest dark matter could explain the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s center. The findings show that the galaxy’s early mergers may have shaped dark matter in a way that ...

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way - a spiral structure with a ...

In March 2024, the researchers pointed the JWST at a developing star, dubbed ST6, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

A galaxy remarkably similar in shape to our own Milky Way, yet significantly bigger and dating back to the universe's infancy, has been observed by astronomers. This cosmic relic, dubbed J0107a, ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112, observed in the early universe. The Earth is reflected on an illusive bubble surrounding the galaxy, recalling the connection between ...

The weird 'wobbly disk' of our galaxy might be the result of a tilted halo of the universe’s most mysterious form of matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant barred spiral galaxy, similar to the Milky Way, that has been observed to date. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team, including ...