Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 ...

At the end of August 2017, I traveled to Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture.The inspiration was a single sentence I saw on the ...

Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the constellation Capricornus. NASA published the picture on Nov. 5 alongside a note ...

Simulations suggest the faintest galaxies near the Milky Way share one iron level because a single giant first star exploded in each.

The best time to see the Milky Way's bright center in the Northern Hemisphere is ending soon. "Milky Way season" generally runs from March to September in the United States. Dark skies away from city ...

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The Milky Way is home to hundreds of billions of stars arranged in a glorious spiral pattern. But beyond the obvious spiral, ...

Find out where to catch the Milky Way's appearance in the night sky as it becomes more visible with the 2025 summer approaching. The sky holds endless cosmic treasures to admire all year round, but ...

The new data released by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission has revealed the surprise phenomena of ‘starquakes’—massive ...

A spiral galaxy roughly 10 million light-years from Earth is offering astronomers a rare glimpse into the forces that shape ...

We are not alone—at least as a galaxy. About 50 dwarf galaxies surround the Milky Way. But when its intense gravity inevitably draws them to venture too close, they will probably be annihilated. It’s ...