Large galaxies, like the Milky Way, attract smaller galaxies. Our solar system's cosmic neighborhood spans 100,000 ...

Pismis 24 is a small open star cluster located in the core of the NGC 6357 emission nebula, which is about 8,000 light-years ...

Inside-Out' Galaxy Growth Observed ... that the star is a white dwarf, a system ... ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way Sep. 26, 2024 — Astronomers ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The ...

A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic Cloud, which closely orbits the Milky ...

Nijmegen master's students predict that LISA, an upcoming space antenna project by the ESA, will detect stronger ...

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

If you need to stare into an abyss, it might as well be beautiful.

This list of commonly confused terms in astronomy will help you better understand the cosmos and the common phenomena we see in the sky.

A "dead star" neutron star has been spotted spinning 716 times a second, astonishing astronomers who say it is the joint ...

They're known to rotate quickly, but scientists just found an extreme example of a neutron star spinning faster than a ...