An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

A mysterious glow has been detected in the Milky Way, challenging our understanding of cosmic emissions and hinting at the ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.

The Andromeda galaxy, our closest spiral neighbor to the Milky Way, becomes prominently visible in the night sky during ...

A mysterious glow at the center of the Milky Way has puzzled astronomers for more than a decade. New research offers an ...

A photographer has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Michael Steven Harris’ photograph of a ‘milky way over the West ...

New research from Johns Hopkins University and an international team of scientists suggests that two competing theories for ...

Our Milky Way is far from calm — it ripples with a colossal wave spanning tens of thousands of light-years, revealed by ESA’s Gaia telescope. This wave, moving through the galaxy’s disc like ripples ...

Standing on Earth and gazing out into the night sky, you’d think our Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm. Most nearby ...

The galaxy’s vast spiral arms span approximately 2,60,000 light-years, hosting over a trillion stars orbiting a supermassive black hole at its centre.

University of California, Irvine astronomers have identified an exoplanet located in a star's habitable zone, where ...