Stars in the Milky Way tend to form in families, with similar stars springing to life in roughly the same place at roughly ...

"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...

Scientists found a fast-scattering star cluster called Ophion. Unlike usual clusters, it shows chaotic motion and breaks ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...

The black hole, which is now known as Gaia BH3 is estimated to be the same mass as 33 suns, making it the heaviest black hole in the Milky Way. It’s also one of the three largest known black ...

Evan Shwartz introduces the first installation of something special, "In this series about astrophotography in Alameda, we will look at pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and celestial events ...

The European Space Agency's Gaia telescope has provided data to further scientists' understanding of the Milky Way galaxy, such as the ability to create this face-on model, and the stars within it.

"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness." ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is retiring. The European Space Agency’s space-based observatory known as Gaia ...

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is ...