Milky Way stars that are high and low in metallicity have been mapped by the ESA Gaia mission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC ...

The image captures the glowing ribbon of the galactic plane, where the vast majority of the Milky Way's stars are ...

A group of undergraduate students stumbled into a cosmic time capsule—one of the oldest stars ever discovered—while combing ...

The astronauts took turns looking out Orion's windows, capturing photos of the Moon's far side and Earth's crescent shape.

The center of the Milky Way, which is referred to as "the core," is best visible beginning in June across the Northern ...

The new study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, argues that an ultra-compact dark matter core ...

A red giant star sitting in the Milky Way’s halo has been identified as the most chemically pristine star yet observed, and ...

Artemis II astronauts captured a stunning Milky Way photo from the Orion spacecraft during their lunar flyby on April 7, 2026 ...

Elon Musk is in awe of the picture of the Milky Way galaxy as captured by the Artemis II astronauts.

The newly identified star carries almost no heavy elements, making it a rare surviving relic from the universe’s earliest chapters.

Found in an ultrafaint dwarf galaxy, the ancient star’s unusual chemistry indicates it formed from gas enriched by a single ...

Nasa's Artemis 2 crew has turned science fiction into reality with new images of the Milky Way, the Moon's far side, an ...