When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...
Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...
Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...
Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...
A Swarm of Dwarf Galaxies Buzz Around Our Milky Way's Twin Imagine the Milky Way and Andromeda as two massive aircraft ...
At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...