A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

The photograph of the Milky Way was taken by Oisin McDonnell, who is based in South Australia. He shared the image in a ...

Astrophysicists have reconstructed the movement of stars within globular clusters to understand their evolution and origin.

Scientists mapping the bubble our solar system finds itself in made a new discovery, there is an “interstellar tunnel” that ...

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

A probabilistic new map of the universe surrounding the Milky Way reveals that our galaxy is ... telescope reveals 1st section of largest-ever 3D map of the universe — and there's still 99% ...

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...

This study uses the SAGA Survey results to improve existing theoretical models of galaxy formation. Based on the number of quenched satellites in these Milky Way-mass systems, this model predicts ...

This illustration shows a stage in the predicted merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the ... at Swinburne University, ASTRO 3D and the University of Oklahoma. “We’re now seeing ...

This swath of dust, which blocks out light from the bright nebula Gum 55 behind it, is known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could ... “If they’re common, then models will have to be tweaked.” ...

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation ...