The video explains how telescopes, simulations and the motion of stars and gas help reconstruct the Milky Way from our ...

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

The video explains why the familiar flat orbit diagram is only a Sun-centered view, then shows how Earth and the other ...

A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only ...

A Spanish-led team dated stars with Gaia and found the galactic disk formed in two stages, a puffy turbulent one and then a ...

CG: Created by Abel, "Distinguishing the 'Sound' of a Fireball." Calculated elements: Earth's curvature and global-land-mask, ...

Black' Hole EditionFrom the name 'black hole,' you might imagine a deep hole opened up in space. In general relativity, a black hole is a region from which light emitted from the inside cannot reach ...

A composite image reveals a radio wave shaped like a treble clef within a galaxy cluster merger. Credit: NASA / CXC / INAF-IRA / A. Botteon et al. / UKIDSS-GPS / ASTRON /LOFAR / CXC / SAO / N. Wolk ...

Chilling new photos and maps surfaced Monday from the New Jersey crash that killed NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother — and suggest the alleged drunken driver may not have been reckless when he ...

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Erode-based Milky Mist has expanded its protein-category dairy portfolio by launching a high-protein milk product. The product, currently offered in a 250ml pack, is intended to help consumers ...

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