In the absolute omnishambles of the Milky Way galactic center, we've just found a new kind of turbulent structure.

The final messages sent to Gaia will continue to be carried out into space as the observatory sleeps, and as data from it ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

Astronomers have uncovered a spiral galaxy nearly a billion light-years away that hosts a supermassive black hole launching ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

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

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

Space is a big place and there's lots of strange stuff out there, but scientists aren't quite sure where these massive space ...

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

Aterrifying glimpse of a possible fate for our galaxy, the Milky Way, 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 ...

Could our galaxy actually be inside a black hole? New research seems to suggest this possibility. NASA's James Webb Telescope ...