Looking towards the center of the Milky Way, astronomers have previously spotted giant structures that are sometimes referred ...

Ancient depictions of the Egyptian sky goddess may represent one of the earliest visual interpretations of the Milky Way ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift" ...

Near the center of the Milky Way are enormous filaments of radio energy that sometimes look like bones, and one in particular ...

How do you distinguish a galaxy from a mere cluster of stars? That’s easy, right? A galaxy is a large collection of millions ...

The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system was touted more than a century ago. In 1983 ...

All but one of Andromeda's satellite galaxies were found to be pointing right at us. According to our best models, that ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

In 1983, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite surveyed the universe for a year. In 2006, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the infrared satellite AKARI, which was active until 2011.