NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and ...

Scientists have gotten the best-ever view of 'space tornadoes' howling near the Milky Way's black hole. The cosmic twisters ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

Astronomers suggest there's a giant "star grinder" lurking at the center of the Milky Way, churning up star systems.

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...