Ursa Major III/Unions 1 (UMa3/U1), the faintest known satellite of our galaxy, orbits the Milky Way at a distance of more ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is the latest in a series of stunning cosmic phenomena that should be visible in August ...

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to discover REBELS-25, a Milky Way-like galaxy from the ...

At the heart of the Milky Way lies a turbulent, densely packed environment known as the Central Molecular Zone, or CMZ. This region is rich with gas, dust, and massive star formation, making it one of ...

In the past decade, astronomers have witnessed three interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system. These ...

"One day soon we may be able to see these 'missing' galaxies, which would be hugely exciting and could tell us more about how the universe came to be as we see it today." ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time worldwide, made an important astronomical discovery in stellar observation, which provides a new method for studying the formation and evolution of the ...

This week in Skywatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius ...

The bright band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of "zodiacal light" meet above the mountains of Chile's Atacama Desert in ...

A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as it tracks a course to collide with neighboring galaxies, a University ...