The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy chemical substances than the Milky Way. It's mostly made of hydrogen and ...

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

They say music is the universal language of humankind, but some stars in our galaxy exhibit their own rhythm, offering fresh ...

Researchers interrogated the 'sounds' of a cluster of stars within the Milky Way, uncovering a new technique for astrophysicists to probe the universe and learn more about its evolution.

The stars in our galaxy are serenading us with songs, that is, if we take the time to translate them. According to a new paper published in Nature, constant “starquakes” cause some stars to fluctuate ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...