"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

The intrepid mapping mission has collected more than three trillion observations that'll change the way we see our neck of the cosmic woods.

The mission has enabled the creation of the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way, revealing unprecedented details about the distribution and movement of stars. These data have also allowed the ...

For many observers, the Milky Way’s prime attraction is the northern galactic bulge from the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud up to the territory of Aquila the Eagle. Northern Hemisphere observers ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Map of the Milky Way plane obtained from data from the Gaia catalog (eDR3). The upper part shows a region where the Palomar 5 star cluster and its tidal tails are observed (DESI Legacy Imaging ...