New simulations reveal that the Milky Way’s odd split between two chemically distinct groups of stars isn’t a universal ...

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been ...

New simulations of Milky Way-like galaxies reveal that the strange split between two chemically distinct groups of stars may ...

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A strange glow at the Milky Way’s centre has puzzled astronomers for years. Now, new simulations suggest the mysterious light could come from dark matter rather than dying stars. Scientists recreated ...

Huge bursts of radio energy emanating from the Milky Way were first observed by a university student - Copyright AFP/File Philip FONG Huge bursts of radio energy ...

Astronomers recently discovered a never-before-seen celestial phenomenon hiding in our own cosmic backyard. The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way ...

A mysterious red glow at the centre of the Milky Way has been detected for the first time. It shines out of an area known as the 'Tilted Disk' - and could shed light on the fundamental source of our ...

Indian scientists have discovered an ancient and massive galaxy called Alaknanda. It looks similar to our Milky Way galaxy ...

The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

Something is keeping cosmic rays out of the centre of the galaxy. The Milky Way is suffused with a sea of high-energy particles spewed out by supernovae and other energetic astrophysical objects, but ...

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy from cosmic dawn is rewriting ideas about how fast the Universe built its first galaxies.