A research team says this cone-shaped void amid cold gas may reveal the missing wind from the Milky Way's supermassive black ...

A new study shows that the Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart by its larger sibling on the Milky Way's periphery, ...

Scientists have captured the most complete, high-resolution map of the cold gas at the center of the Milky Way, which contains the raw material from which stars and planets are made. Information ...

Understanding the nature of our cosmos requires an accurate map of how galaxies are spread throughout it. For decades, ...

A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. A new map of dark matter in the local universe reveals several ...

The Milky Way’s central black hole has long posed an awkward problem. By every standard picture of how black holes behave, ...

Using the VISTA telescope, the European Southern Observatory put 13 years of work into the map, which consists of 200,000 images. Joe is a freelance journalist. It all started with a long-running ...

Our understanding of the galaxy has advanced with every leap in the number of stars. From early observations to more and more advanced space and ground-based telescopes, each milestone has revealed ...

Astronomers using data from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) telescopes have released a new all-sky map of the outermost region of our galaxy. Known as the galactic halo, this area lies outside ...