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

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

What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way completes the merger with the Andromeda Galaxy? Bryan ...

The system is believed to be traveling at least 1.2 million miles per hour (1.93 million kilometers per hour), according to a ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

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

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

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

This is a photo capturing the unique rock pillars known as 'Pinnacles' in the Nambung National Park in Western Australia, ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...

The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...