Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on the complex physics driving ...

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. As supermassive black holes go, it is fairly ...

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star ...

Some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has been mapping out the Milky ...

New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy – seen 600 million years after the Big Bang – that is ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected and "weighed" a galaxy - seen 600 million years after the Big Bang - that is ...

You may be stuck in the Milky Way but new research suggests the carbon that makes up your body took an intergalactic round ...

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and ...

Learn about the size, temperature, and colour of each planet, and discover why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.