Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is about 13.4 ...
A star cluster concealed behind thick clouds of dust near the Milky Way’s center may be 13.4 billion years old, placing it ...
Hubble has released a new image of Messier 30, known as M30, a globular cluster about 27,500 light-years away in the ...
Astronomers working mostly in Chile dated VVV CL001, a faint globular cluster buried behind dust near the galactic center, at ...
A globular cluster near the center of the Galaxy is hidden behind dense dust, and its age may force astronomers to reconsider ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...
An International Dark Sky Park, Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park offers incredible stargazing. Here’s how to plan a visit to ...
Galactic archaeologists are using precise measures and larger sample sizes afforded by new missions to tease apart minute differences between groups of stars, revealing the history of the Milky Way ...
An exhilarating period for science,’ say UChicago scientists who played key role in telescope design and deployment ...
A spectacular aurora stretching across the night sky, enormous clouds of interstellar dust, and distant celestial objects ...
Last week, we explored the wonders of our universe, from Perseverance's record-setting journey across Mars and the city of ...
If you ask planetary astronomers where the solar system ends, they will say well past the planets, well past the bright band of the Kuiper Belt where Pluto resides, and still further to a shadowy ...