The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...

Quipu, Hercules, Serpens–Corona Borealis and Sculptor–Pegasus are all larger than the fifth and final superstructure ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

Encounters on the Milky Way” was screened at the cineplex hall of Bangladesh National Museum on February 7.   By swiss ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...

Astronomers discover Quipu, a colossal cosmic structure spanning 1.3 billion light-years, which could reshape our ...