New mapping of the Milky Way has uncovered a vast family tree of stellar siblings, revealing that hundreds of star clusters ...

The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

Learn how a newly detected gamma-ray halo in the Milky Way could mark the first direct glimpse of dark matter.

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences, ...

Scientists have detected an unusual gamma-ray halo around our Milky Way galaxy. This signal, observed by NASA's Fermi ...

Discover the top U.S. spots for stargazing and nocturnal tourism. From Bend to Sedona, find dark-sky destinations, rentals, ...

Colorado winters in the mountains are beautiful, but not every view can be seen during the day. There are times at night when the full moon illuminates a surreal snowscape, creating beautiful shapes ...

Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open ...