In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.

"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...

The turbulent gas surrounding the Milky Way’s disc is either swept into the surrounding medium or cools and falls back onto ...

WOH G64 is what's known as a red giant, a star nearing the end of its life, running out of hydrogen fuel. Through this ...

Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...

On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...

In a new study, a team of astrophysicists led by CU Boulder has set out to unravel the mysteries of UFOs—not the alien ...

A group of international scientists discovered three ultra-massive “Red Monster” galaxies capable of forming their own stars ...

At an altitude of 13,000 feet (4000 meters), on the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, researchers from the High-Altitude Water ...

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...

For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise ...

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today ...