An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

In a landmark discovery, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a solitary stellar-mass black hole—an object with ...

"This could potentially change our understanding of the history of the three-body interaction between the two Magellanic ...

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

A team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed new insights into the motion of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud ...

In recent years, astronomers have been able to study the motion of the stars in the galaxy with outstanding precision. And ...