Located approximately 27,000 light-years (one light year equals approximately nine trillion kilometres) from Earth — relatively close when it comes to galactic black holes — Sag A* has an estimated ...

Scientists have unlocked the 3D structure of molecular clouds in the Milky Way’s center, using a groundbreaking X-ray technique. These cosmic clouds, vital for star formation, were illuminated by past ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Astronomers detect signs of a massive, invisible black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which may collide with the Milky ...

ASTRONOMERS may have just found the fastest exoplanet system in the galaxy – a super-Neptune world orbiting a hypervelocity ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

when researchers precisely measured the motions of many stars within the Andromeda Galaxy and found that these stars were approaching the Milky Way. Presently, the two galaxies are moving toward ...

Astronomers discover two new supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud, providing insights into stellar explosions and their role in shaping galaxy evolution.

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope has captured LEDA 1313424, a galaxy with nine star-filled rings, the most ever detected, ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...

Astronomers trace the striking pattern to an encounter between a big galaxy and a much smaller one some 50 million years ago.