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

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

These particles are so ghostly that trillions of them pass through Earth each day without notice. So, how do we detect them?

A team of astronomers has stumbled upon a humungous spiral galaxy, about five times more massive than our Milky Way galaxy and covering an area two ...

Deep in the galaxy’s central molecular zone (CMZ), surrounding the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center, clouds ...

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

Taking note of growing interest in the skies, the governments of Ladakh and Uttarakhand have added astronomy tourism to their ...

Pune: Astronomy enthusiasts are gearing up to make most of the summer skies as the stargazing season kicks off.

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

Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

Star Grinder Astronomers suggest there's a giant "star grinder" lurking at the center of the Milky Way, churning up ...

Astronomers have discovered a new giant molecular cloud (GMC) in the Milky Way, a finding that has expanded our understanding ...