The current rate of star formation at the Galactic Center appears to be lower than in the rest of the Galaxy. A new study led ...

Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving. Astronomers are still working out the reasons why ...

The size of the universe depends on its shape, with possibilities ranging from finite and spherical to flat or even infinite.

Astronomers have created the most detailed low-frequency map of the Milky Way, revealing otherwise hidden stars and ...

High-energy neutrinos, formed from violent astronomical events, were previously only found in galaxies with very active black holes. Astronomers at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, situated ...

The 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), mounted on ESO’s VISTA telescope at Paranal, Chile, achieved first light on 18 October 2025, marking the transition from construction to ...

On October 18, 2025, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, ...

For the first time, astronomers have seen life's building blocks in ice beyond the borders of our galaxy. Among a mix of complex organic molecules trapped in ice circling a newborn star in the Large ...