The Milky Way contains a fossil record of galaxies it has absorbed.
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As a galactic archaeologist, my job is to reconstruct the past of our galaxy – and read the signs of its future.
Events where people sit down and watch the sun go down are becoming popular in the Netherlands.
So what names do astronomers use for stars and how are official star names selected?
Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond.
The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home galaxy.
The odds of a galactic collision in our distant future are much lower than we thought, according to new simulations.
The object doesn’t resemble any known type of star or system in the Milky Way.
An astronomer says goodbye to Gaia, the satellite that mapped the galaxy.
Understanding the evolution of radio galaxies is crucial for unravelling the broader processes that shape the universe.
The SPHEREx mission will image 1 billion galaxies, 100 million stars, and 10,000 asteroids – and help to answer some of the biggest scientific mysteries.
It’s been a bit troublesome to understand the physics behind what’s going on with Inkathazo.
The discovery helps explain a long-running cosmic mystery about why some stars hurtle through space much faster than others.
In 1924, astronomer Edwin Hubble realised two objects were too distant to be inside our galaxy.
Cosmology could be transformed by a new wave of telescopes – both on the ground and in space.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is one of 2 comets from the Oort Cloud passing by Earth in October 2024.
The Hubble tension has been described as a “crisis” for cosmology. Can it be resolved?
Space magnetism scrambles the paths of the universe’s most wayward particles – and scientists are finally discovering exactly how much.
Light pollution is a relatively new problem. Simple solutions can fix it.
A new study shines light on the link between the Milky Way and the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut
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