A galaxy made of 99.94% to 99.98% dark matter immediately challenges and updates models for how dark matter works. It also ...

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a ...

"Milky Way season" is here, and dark sky areas in Michigan offer prime visibility of our galaxy.

Milky Way's chaotic and violent heart has been producing three mysterious signals, which scientists say could be coming from ...

A new study published in Nature Astronomy indicates that the dense, star- and dark-matter–rich environments around ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ...

Starfleet Academy has just introduced a new superweapon. Introduced in Star Trek: Voyager, the Omega molecule is one of the ...

The Milky Way is the immense galactic system that houses Earth, the Sun and countless other stars, planets and cosmic bodies.

Every new instrument needs its mysteries, and no discovery of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been more surprising ...

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 6With no Moon in the early-evening sky, let's chase down ...

If you’ve spent your entire life looking at the night sky from a city or suburb, you’ve basically been watching the universe ...

A sweeping new ALMA image has peeled back the veil on the Milky Way’s core, exposing a dense network of cold gas filaments ...