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At the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, 13,000 feet above sea level on the Sierra Negra volcano of Mexico, researchers are getting a look into a violent mystery in the Milky Way galaxy. An international research team co…

Social media users were captivated by the incredible view in the viral clip, with one saying: "My jaw has never dropped so fast."

Over the last week, we’ve been entertained by a pre-Halloween visitor from the depths of our solar system. It’s Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, a ghostly dirty snowball of rock, gas, and dust partially melting before our very eyes. The solid 2 to…

Once blocked from view, the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way has finally been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is likely part of an even larger "basin of attraction" than we previously assumed.

Originally Published: 16 OCT 24 07:50 ET Updated: 16 OCT 24 07:57 ET By Jack Guy, CNN Editor's note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy, which has been named…

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto has found what they believe is the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way galaxy. In their study, reported in the journal Nature…

Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 14: On October 9, the International Youth Development Foundation (IYDF) joined hands with Milky Way Stitch Corner Boutique to host a special…

A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have applied advanced machine learning techniques to process data for 217 million…

Scientists from the SAGA Survey have studied 101 Milky Way-mass galaxies, revealing that our galaxy may have fewer satellite galaxies than expected. The survey highlights star formation suppression in these satellite systems and offers a…

The first detailed measurements are revealed.

A group of scientists led by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have used a novel machine learning model to process data for 217 million stars…

New data suggests our galaxy may reside in an immense basin of gravitational attraction far larger than Laniākea.

Using the VISTA telescope, the European Southern Observatory put 13 years of work into the map, which consists of 200,000 images.

Young galaxies such as this should have been "small and messy looking."

Galaxies as orderly as the Milky Way weren't supposed to exist more than 10 billion years ago. Now astronomers have found one in the first billion years of the universe.