An accidental discovery by a team of astronomers has upended existing theories about how galaxies formed in the early ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s ...

The cosmos conceals numerous mysteries from us, and the latest discoveries continue to amaze. Technological advancements, ...

Parts of Norfolk are forecast to be hotter than Ibiza and Corfu on Thursday for the first official day of spring.

A study has revealed that the Miombo woodland stores far more carbon than people realized. That could mean that protecting ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captures a breathtaking photo of the Milky Way from the ISS, highlighting the stunning view of our galaxy. As part of Expedition 72, Pettit and his team conduct crucial ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C (Sgr C). Reported to be around 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, causing the larger galaxy to “wobble,” imparting measurable accelerations to Milky Way pulsars. They, in turn ...

A mother is dead and her son is in custody after police say he led them on a pursuit in El Cajon with her body in the trunk of the car. The chase began Monday after 5 p.m., when El Cajon police ...

So Gaia is a spacecraft that was launched by the European Space Agency way back in December of 2013. And it was on a mission to create the best, biggest, most accurate map of the Milky Way ever.